27 “When He (A)established the heavens, I was there,
When (B)He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
28 When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became [a]fixed,
29 When (C)He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His [b]command,
When He marked out (D)the foundations of the earth;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:28 Lit strong
  2. Proverbs 8:29 Lit mouth

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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