Proverbs 8:27
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
KJV
Quando præparabat cælos, aderam ; quando certa lege et gyro vallabat abyssos ;
Vulgate
ἡνίκα ἡτοίμαζεν τὸν οὐρανόν, συνπαρήμην αὐτῷ, καὶ ὅτε ἀφώριζεν τὸν ἑαυτοῦ θρόνον ἐπ’ ἀνέμων·
LXX
When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
ASV
בַּ/הֲכִינ֣/וֹ שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁ֣ם אָ֑נִי בְּ/ח֥וּק/וֹ ח֝֗וּג עַל פְּנֵ֥י תְהֽוֹם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
ח֣וּג
chvg
noun · 3×
מְחֹקֵ֖ק
mchqq
verb · 19×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
תְּה֣וֹם
thvm
noun · 36×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Col 1:17 · echo"And he is before all things, and by him all things consist."Proverbs: wisdom present at creation — in him all things hold together
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§288Thus the revelation of creation is inseparable from the revelation and forging of the covenant of the one God with his People. Creation is revealed as the first step towards this covenant, the first and universal witness to God's all-powerful love.126 and so, the truth of creation is also expressed with growing vigour in the message of the prophets, the prayer of the psalms and…
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…
Chapter 4.—That the World is Neither Without Beginning, Nor Yet Created by a New Decree of God, by Which He Afterwards Willed What He Had Not Before Willed. Of all visible things, the world is the greatest; of all invisible, the greatest is God. But, that the world is, we see; that God is, we believe. That God made the world, we can believe from no one more safely than from God…
Cross-references
- Col 1:16 — For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by hi
- Heb 1:2 — Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
- Isa 40:11 — He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
- Isa 40:22 — It is he that sitteth upon 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:
- Isa 40:22 — It is he that sitteth upon 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:
- 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.
- Job 26:10 — He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
- Job 38:5 — Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
- Prov 3:19 — The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
- Prov 3:19 — The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
- Ps 33:6 — By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
- Ps 103:19 — The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
- Ps 136:5 — To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 148:6 — He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.