Proverbs 8:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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:

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

Psalm 104:5

Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.

Psalm 104:9

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.

Psalm 136:5

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

Psalm 33:7

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: He layeth up 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 sides above: When the fountains of the deep became strong:

Jeremiah 5:22

Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

John 19:22

Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.