Proverbs 8:29 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

²⁹ when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his mitzvah, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ When he gave to the sea his decree, That the waters should not pass his commandment: When he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ When He gave to the sea its limit and His decree that the waters should not transgress [across the boundaries set by] His command, when He appointed the foundations of the earth–[Job 38:10, 11; Ps. 104:6-9; Jer. 5:22.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

Common English Bible

²⁹ when he set a limit for the sea, so the water couldn’t go beyond his command, when he marked out the earth’s foundations.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ when he encompassed the sea within its limits, and laid down a law for the waters, lest they transgress their limits; when he weighed the foundations of the earth.

Proverbs 8:29 Cross References

Job 26:10

He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

Psalm 104:5

He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.

Psalm 104:9

You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don't turn again to cover the earth.

Psalm 136:5

To him who by understanding made the heavens; for his loving kindness endures forever:

Psalm 33:7

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

Proverbs 3:19

By wisdom the LORD founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

Proverbs 8:28

when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,

Jeremiah 5:22

Don't you fear me? says the LORD: won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? and though the waves of it toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.

John 19:22

Pilate answered, *What I have written, I have written.*