Proverbs 8:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁹ when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, 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

Psalm 104:9

You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.

Jeremiah 5:22

Do you not fear me? says the Lord; Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as a boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.

Psalm 104:5

You set the earth on its foundations, so that it shall never be shaken.

Psalm 33:7

He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle; he put the deeps in storehouses.

Job 26:10

He has described a circle on the face of the waters, at the boundary between light and darkness.

Proverbs 8:28

when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep,

Psalm 136:5

who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever;

Proverbs 3:19

The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;

John 19:22

Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.”