Proverbs 8:27–28
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
‖When hee prepared the heauens, I was there: when he set a compasse vpon the face of the depth.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, a circle.
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
When he established the cloudes aboue: when he strengthned the fountaines of the deepe.
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- Isaiah 40:22Rank 1 from verse 27
22It 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:
22‖* It is he that sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers; that stretcheth out the heauens as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwel in:
- Proverbs 3:19Rank 3 from verse 27
- Colossians 1:16Rank 4 from verse 27
16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
16For by him were all things created that are in heauen, and that are in earth, visible and inuisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.
- Psalms 136:5Rank 5 from verse 27
- Isaiah 40:11Rank 6 from verse 27
11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
11*‖He shall feede his flocke like a shepheard: he shall gather the lambes with his arme; and carie them in his bosome, and shall gently lead those that are with yoong.
- Jeremiah 10:12Rank 7 from verse 27
- Hebrews 1:2Rank 8 from verse 27
- Psalms 33:6Rank 9 from verse 27
- Psalms 103:19Rank 10 from verse 27
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Proverbs 8:27
1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. To go around, surround, enclose, or encircle. 2. A circuit, circumference, boundary, or roundabout route. 3. An instrument used to mark or draw a circle.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.
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Sense 1: Deepness. Sense 2: A deep place, sea, abyss, or downward extent. Sense 3: Figuratively, vast extent or what is profound and unsearchable.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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Proverbs 8:28
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established
Set firmly; founded, made stable, ordained, enacted, ratified, or confirmed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Visible masses of condensed vapour in the sky. Sense 2: Figures of covering, multitude, or obscurity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
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strengthened
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of strengthen, meaning to make stronger, confirm, encourage, fortify, or increase in power.
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Sense 1: Great in depth, or a place far beneath the surface. Sense 2: The sea, an abyss of waters, or deep waters. Sense 3: Profound, hidden, or difficult to reach or understand.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
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strenghtened
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of strengthen, meaning to make stronger, confirm, encourage, fortify, or increase in power.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
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8:26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
8:26‖‖While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
8:27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
8:27‖When hee prepared the heauens, I was there: when he set a compasse vpon the face of the depth.
Selected passage8:28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
8:28When he established the cloudes aboue: when he strengthned the fountaines of the deepe.
Selected passage8:29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
8:29*When he gaue to the sea his decree, that the waters should not passe his commandement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: