KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 8:27–29
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Proverbs 8:27
27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
27‖When hee prepared the heauens, I was there: when he set a compasse vpon the face of the depth.
- Or, a circle.
Proverbs 8:28
28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
28When he established the cloudes aboue: when he strengthned the fountaines of the deepe.
Proverbs 8:29
29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
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:
- Gen.1.10. iob.38.10. psal.14.9.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 8:27
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To go all round or all over; Circumference, circuit.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Deepness, a deep place, the sea, abyss, or downward or inward extent.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Proverbs 8:28
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
established
Set firmly, founded, made stable, ordained, ratified, or confirmed in the matter spoken of.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Visible masses of condensed vapour in the sky; also figures of covering, multitude, or obscurity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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strengthened
Made strong or stronger; confirmed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The sea; the abyss of waters; the ocean.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Proverbs 8:29
Bestowed, delivered, granted, or caused, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
An authoritative order, determination, or appointed rule; also to order or establish authoritatively.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
commandment
An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed, as identified by the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Fixed; set; established; decreed; ordained; constituted; allotted; Furnished; equipped with things necessary.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 27
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Open the full verse study22It 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:
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Open the full verse study10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
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Open the full verse study19The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
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Open the full verse study16For 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:
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Open the full verse study5To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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Open the full verse study11He 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.
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Open the full verse study12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
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Open the full verse study2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
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Open the full verse study6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
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Open the full verse study19The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
From verse 29
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Open the full verse study9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
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Open the full verse study22Fear 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?
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Open the full verse study9¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
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Open the full verse study4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
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Open the full verse study5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
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Open the full verse study7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
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