Proverbs 8:29
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New International Version (©1984)
when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

New Living Translation (©2007)
I was there when he set the limits of the seas, so they would not spread beyond their boundaries. And when he marked off the earth's foundations,

English Standard Version (©2001)
when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
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;

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
when he set a limit for the sea so the waters would not overstep his command, when he traced the foundations of the earth,

King James 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:

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

American Standard Version
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;

Bible in Basic English
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:

Douay-Rheims Bible
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;

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

English Revised Version
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:

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

World English 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;

Young's Literal Translation
In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,

Geneva Study 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:

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

29. commandment-better, the shore, that is, of the sea.

foundations-figuratively denotes the solid structure (Job 38:4; Ps 24:2).

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 38:6 "On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,
Job 38:10 And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,
Psalm 104:5 He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter forever and ever.
Psalm 104:9 You set a boundary that they may not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth. (NASB ©1995)

Appointed Assigned Bases Bound Boundary Command Commandment Decree Decreeing Earth Foundations Imposed Limit Marked Position Sea Setting Transgress Violate Water Waters Word


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

he gave Ge 1:9,10 Job 38:8-11 Ps 33:7 104:9 Jer 5:22

when he appointed Job 38:4-7

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