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Proverbs 8:27

What does Proverbs 8:27 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 8:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

v.27This passage

v.28When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 40:22

    It is he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

  • Hebrews 1:2

    hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;

  • Job 26:10

    He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

  • Psalms 103:19

    Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens; And his kingdom ruleth over all.

  • Psalms 33:6

    By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

  • Colossians 1:16

    for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

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