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


In Context

24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth.

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:

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:27When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:

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 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: