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Proverbs 8:29

Proverbs 8:29 is verse 29 of Proverbs chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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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:

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,

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Proverbs 8:27–31 · Berean Standard Bible

27 I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

28 when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,

29 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.

30 Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.

31 I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.

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Hebrew words

בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹwhen set he לַיָּ֨םfor the sea חֻקּ֗וֹlimit its וּ֭מַיִםand [the] waters לֹ֣אnot יַֽעַבְרוּthey will transgress פִ֑יוmouth his בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹwhen marked out he מ֣וֹסְדֵי[the] foundations of אָֽרֶץ[the] earth

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 1:9
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

Job 38:8
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

Job 38:9
when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

Job 38:10
when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

Job 38:11
and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

Psalms 33:7
He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.

Psalms 104:9
You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.

Jeremiah 5:22
Do 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 cannot cross it.

Job 38:4
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

Job 38:5
Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?

Job 38:6
On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

Job 38:7
while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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