Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Proverbs 3:19

The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

KJV

Dominus sapientia fundavit terram ; stabilivit cælos prudentia.

Vulgate

ὁ θεὸς τῇ σοφίᾳ ἐθεμελίωσεν τὴν γῆν, ἡτοίμασεν δὲ οὐρανοὺς φρονήσει·

LXX

Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.

ASV

יְֽהוָ֗ה בְּ/חָכְמָ֥ה יָֽסַד אָ֑רֶץ כּוֹנֵ֥ן שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם בִּ/תְבוּנָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
הּ
h
verb · 41×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
תְּבוּנָֽה
tbvnh
noun · 43×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

That one God formed all things in the world, by means of the Word and the Holy Spirit: and that although He is to us in this life invisible and incomprehensible, nevertheless He is not unknown; inasmuch as His works do declare Him, and His Word has shown that in many modes He may be seen and known. 1. As regards His greatness, therefore, it is not possible to know God, for it i…
19. If God be, and be called, the Fountain of wisdom and life — as He says by Jeremiah, 'They have forsaken Me the Fountain of living waters Jeremiah 2:13;' and again, 'A glorious high throne from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary; O Lord, the Hope of Israel, all that forsake You shall be ashamed, and they that depart from Me shall be written in the earth, because th…
73. It is written, 'The Lord in Wisdom founded the earth Proverbs 3:19;' if then by Wisdom the earth is founded, how can He who founds be founded? Nay, this too is said after the manner of proverbs , and we must in like manner investigate its sense; that we may know that, while by Wisdom the Father frames and founds the earth to be firm and steadfast , Wisdom Itself is founded …
17. O that they would consent to confess the truth from this their own statement! For if they once grant that God produces words, they plainly know Him to be a Father; and acknowledging this, let them consider that, while they are loth to ascribe one Word to God, they are imagining that He is Father of many; and while they are loth to say that there is no Word of God at all, ye…

Cross-references

  • Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
  • Jer 10:12 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
  • Jer 10:12 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
  • Jer 51:15 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
  • Jer 51:15 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
  • Job 28:12 — But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
  • Job 37:16 — Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
  • John 1:3 — All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
  • Prov 8:22 — The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
  • Prov 8:27 — When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
  • Prov 8:27 — When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
  • Ps 104:24 — O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
  • Ps 104:24 — O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
  • Ps 136:5 — To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Ps 136:5 — To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.