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Proverbs 8:27
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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.
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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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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.
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