29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:


In Context

26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

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

28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

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:

30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

Proverbs 8:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:29when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:29When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when be balanced the foundations of the earth;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:29When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:29when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:29When he gave to the sea its bound, that the waters should not transgress his commandment: when he marked out the foundations of the earth:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:29when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:29In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,