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 upon 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 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,

The American 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: