27When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:


In Context

24 The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived. neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out:

25 The mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth:

26 He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.

27 When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:

28 When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:

29 When 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;

Proverbs 8:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:27When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:27I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:27When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:27When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:27When he established the heavens, I was there: when he set a circle upon the face of the deep:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:27When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:27In His preparing the heavens I am there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass on the face of the depth: