Proverbs Chapter 8 verse 29 Holy Bible
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;
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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:
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when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
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When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
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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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In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - When he gave to the sea his decree (chok, as Job 28:26; Jeremiah 5:22); or, its bounds. The meaning is much the same in either case, being what is expressed in Job 38:8, etc,, "Who shut up the sea with doors...and prescribed for it my decree, and set bars and doors, and said, Hitherto shall thou come, and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?" The LXX. omits this hemistich. When he appointed the foundations of the earth. Job 38:4, "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?... Who determined the measures thereof? or who stretched the line upon it? Wherein were the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the cornerstone thereof?"
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) When he gave to the sea his decree . . .--Compare the same thoughts in Job 38:4; Job 38:10-11.
