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Proverbs 3:20

By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

KJV

Sapientia illius eruperunt abyssi, et nubes rore concrescunt.

Vulgate

ἐν αἰσθήσει ἄβυσσοι ἐρράγησαν, νέφη δὲ ἐρρύησαν δρόσους.

LXX

By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.

ASV

בְּ֭/דַעְתּ/וֹ תְּהוֹמ֣וֹת נִבְקָ֑עוּ וּ֝/שְׁחָקִ֗ים יִרְעֲפוּ טָֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
הַרְעִ֤יפוּ
hr'ypv
verb · 5×
טַּ֖ל
tl
noun · 31×
שְׁחָקִֽים
shchqym
noun · 21×
תְּה֣וֹם
thvm
noun · 36×
תִּבָּקַ֥ע
tbq'
verb · 51×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 33:13 — And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
  • Deut 33:28 — Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
  • Gen 1:9 — And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
  • Gen 7:11 — In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
  • Gen 27:28 — Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
  • Gen 27:37 — And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unt
  • Jer 14:22 — Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these t
  • Job 36:27 — For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
  • Job 36:28 — Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
  • Job 38:8 — Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
  • Job 38:26 — To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
  • Job 38:28 — Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
  • Joel 2:23 — Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter
  • Prov 8:24 — When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
  • Ps 65:9 — Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
  • Ps 104:8 — They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.