Proverbs 8:27New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “When He established the heavens, I was there, When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— When he established the heavens, I was there: when he set a circle upon the face of the deep:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— When he prepared the heavens, there, was I! When he decreed a vault upon the face of the resounding deep;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law, and compass, he enclosed the depths:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— When hee prepared the heauens, I was there, when he set the compasse vpon the deepe.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— When hee prepared the heauens, I was there: when he set a compasse vpon the face of the depth.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle upon the face of the deep;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds:
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: |
When he prepared
3559 {3559} Primeכּוּןkuwn{koon}
A primitive root; properly to be erect (that is, stand perpendicular);. hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal ( establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative ( appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous).
z8687 <8687> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 1162
the heavens,
8064 {8064} Primeשָׁמַיִםshamayim{shaw-mah'-yim}
The second form being dual of an unused singular; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve).
I
x589 (0589) Complementאֲנִי'aniy{an-ee'}
Contracted from H0595; I.
[ was] there:
x8033 (8033) Complementשָׁםsham{shawm}
A primitive particle (rather from the relative H0834); there (transfered to time) then; often thither, or thence.
when he set
2710 {2710} Primeחָקַקchaqaq{khaw-kak'}
A primitive root; properly to hack, that is, engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (generally) prescribe.
z8800 <8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 4888
a compass
2329 {2329} Primeחוּגchuwg{khoog}
From H2328; a circle.
upon
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
the face
6440 {6440} Primeפָּנִיםpaniym{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun ( פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before, etc.).
of the depth:
8415 {8415} Primeתְּהוֹםt@howm{teh-home'}
(Usually feminine) from H1949; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water supply). |
Proverbs 8:27
_ _ when he set ... depth — marked out the circle, according to the popular idea of the earth, as circular, surrounded by depths on which the visible concave heavens rested. |
Proverbs 8:27
I was there — As co — worker with my Father. Depth — Of that great abyss of water and earth mixed together, which is called both earth and water and the deep, Genesis 1:2, when he made this lower world in the form of a globe. |
- he prepared:
Psalms 33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Psalms 136:5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
Jeremiah 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.
Colossians 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 him, and for him:
Hebrews 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;
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- compass:
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Isaiah 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.
Isaiah 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:
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