Proverbs 8:29
“When he gaue to the sea his decree, that the waters should not passe his commandement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:”
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Proverbs 8:29 Context
27When hee prepared the heauens, I was there: when he set a compasse vpon the face of the depth. 28When he established the cloudes aboue: when he strengthned the fountaines of the deepe. 29When he gaue to the sea his decree, that the waters should not passe his commandement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 30Then I was by him, as one brought vp with him: and I was daily his delight, reioycing alwayes before him: 31Reioycing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sonnes of men.
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When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
- King James Version
When He set for the sea its boundary So that the water would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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;
- American Standard Version (1901)
When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:
- Basic English Bible
when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
- Darby Bible
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
- Webster's Bible
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;
- World English Bible
In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,
- Youngs Literal Bible
When He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not transgress His commandment, when He appointed the foundations of the earth;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible