Proverbs 8:27 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

When he prepared the heavens, I was there: When he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

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When He prepared the heavens, I [Wisdom] was there; when He drew a circle upon the face of the deep and stretched out the firmament over it,

When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

I was there when he established the heavens, when he marked out the horizon on the deep sea,

I was already present: when he prepared the heavens; when, with a certain law and a circuit, he fortified the abyss;

When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,