Proverbs 8:27
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New International Version (©1984)
I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

New Living Translation (©2007)
I was there when he established the heavens, when he drew the horizon on the oceans.

English Standard Version (©2001)
When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"When He established the heavens, I was there, When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"When he set up the heavens, I was there. When he traced the horizon on the surface of the ocean,

King James Bible
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

American King James Version
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass on the face of the depth:

American Standard Version
When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

Bible in Basic English
When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:

Douay-Rheims Bible
When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:

Darby Bible Translation
When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;

English Revised Version
When he established the heavens, I was there: when he set a circle upon the face of the deep:

Webster's Bible Translation
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

World English Bible
When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

Young's Literal Translation
In His preparing the heavens I am there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,

Geneva Study Bible

When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

Wesley's Notes

8:27 I was there - As co - worker with my Father. Depth - Of that great abyss of water and earth mixed together, which is called both earth and water and the deep, Gen 1:2, when he made this lower world in the form of a globe.

King James Translators' Notes

a compass: or, a circle

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

27. when he set . depth-marked out the circle, according to the popular idea of the earth, as circular, surrounded by depths on which the visible concave heavens rested.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

8:22-31 The Son of God declares himself to have been engaged in the creation of the world. How able, how fit is the Son of God to be the Saviour of the world, who was the Creator of it! The Son of God was ordained, before the world, to that great work. Does he delight in saving wretched sinners, and shall not we delight in his salvation?


Job 26:10 "He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness.
Proverbs 3:19 The LORD by wisdom founded the earth, By understanding He established the heavens. (NASB ©1995)

Arch Circle Compass Decreeing Deep Depth Drew Established Face Heavens Horizon Inscribed Marked Ordained Prepared Preparing Ready Surface


When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

he prepared Ps 33:6 103:19 136:5 Jer 10:12 Col 1:16 Heb 1:2

compass or encircle Isa 40:11,22

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