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27 when he established[a] the heavens, there I was,
    when he drew[b] a circle upon the face of the deep,
28 when he made[c] skies from above,
    when he founded fountains of the deep,
29 when he assigned[d] his limits to the sea,
    that waters shall not transgress his command,[e]
    when he marked[f] the foundations of the earth,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:27 Literally “in his establishing”
  2. Proverbs 8:27 Literally “in his drawing”
  3. Proverbs 8:28 Literally “in his making”
  4. Proverbs 8:29 Literally “in his assigning”
  5. Proverbs 8:29 Literally “mouth”
  6. Proverbs 8:29 Literally “in his marking”

27 I was there when he set the heavens in place,(A)
    when he marked out the horizon(B) on the face of the deep,
28 when he established the clouds above(C)
    and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,(D)
29 when he gave the sea its boundary(E)
    so the waters would not overstep his command,(F)
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.(G)

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