Proverbs 8:29

In 11 translations

BSB

when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

KJV

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

WEB

when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

ASV

When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

LSV

In His setting for the sea its limit, || And the waters do not transgress His command, || In His decreeing the foundations of earth,

YLT

In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,

DBY

when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

DRC

When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when be balanced the foundations of the earth;

GNV

When he gaue his decree to the Sea, that the waters shoulde not passe his commandement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

JPS

When He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not transgress His commandment, when He appointed the foundations of the earth;

LXXE

and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:See Appendix.

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Original-language editions

WLC

בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ לַיָּ֨ם ׀ חֻקּ֗וֹ וּ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יַֽעַבְרוּ־פִ֑יו בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ מ֣וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃

LXX-Br

καὶ ὡς ἰσχυρὰ ἐποίει τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 104:9You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
• Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but…
• Genesis 1:9–10And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that…
• Psalms 33:7He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
• Psalms 104:5He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
• Job 38:4–11Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its foundations set,…

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