Proverbs 8:29 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when he balanced the foundations of the earth;

Proverbs 8:29 Cross References

Job 26:10

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

Psalm 104:5

Thou didst set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be shaken.

Psalm 104:9

Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.

Psalm 136:5

to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures for ever;

Psalm 33:7

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

Proverbs 3:19

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

Proverbs 8:28

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

Jeremiah 5:22

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

John 19:22

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