Proverbs 8:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁷ When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ When he prepared the heavens, I was there: When he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ 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,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

Common English Bible

²⁷ I was there when he established the heavens, when he marked out the horizon on the deep sea,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ I was already present: when he prepared the heavens; when, with a certain law and a circuit, he fortified the abyss;

Proverbs 8:27 Cross References

Job 26:10

He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

Isaiah 40:22

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

Proverbs 3:19

The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.

Colossians 1:16

for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

Jeremiah 10:12

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

Psalm 136:5

To him that by understanding made the heavens: For his mercy endureth for ever.

Hebrews 1:2

hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;

Isaiah 40:11

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, he shall gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that give suck.

Psalm 103:19

The LORD hath established his throne in the heavens; And his kingdom ruleth over all.

Psalm 33:6

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Proverbs 8:26

While as yet he had not made the earth, Nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

Proverbs 8:28

When he made firm the sides above: When the fountains of the deep became strong: