Proverbs 8:28
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
KJV
quando æthera firmabat sursum, et librabat fontes aquarum ;
Vulgate
καὶ ὡς ἰσχυρὰ ἐποίει τὰ ἄνω νέφη, καὶ ὡς ἀσφαλεῖς ἐτίθει πηγὰς τῆς ὑπ’ οὐρανόν,
LXX
When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,
ASV
בְּ/אַמְּצ֣/וֹ שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִ/מָּ֑עַל בַּ֝/עֲז֗וֹז עִינ֥וֹת תְּהוֹם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִמְצ֔וּ
'mtsv
verb · 40×
ה
h
adverb · 140×
יָעֽוֹז
y'vz
verb · 12×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
שְׁחָקִֽים
shchqym
noun · 21×
תְּה֣וֹם
thvm
noun · 36×
Historic Christian voices
4 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…
Cross-references
- Gen 1:7 — And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
- 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 8:2 — The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
- Ps 104:7 — At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
- Ps 146:6 — Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: