Proverbs 8:27 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

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

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

When He established the heavens, I was there; when He set a circle upon the face of the deep,

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

In His preparing the heavens I am there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,

Proverbs 8:27 Cross References

XREF:

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)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

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.

MHC:

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?

CONC:

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

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