Proverbs 8:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 40:22 : 22 It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.
  • Prov 3:19 : 19 The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
  • Jer 10:12 : 12 He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.
  • Col 1:16 : 16 For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him;
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;
  • Job 26:10 : 10 By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.
  • Ps 103:19 : 19 The Lord has made ready his high seat in the heavens; his kingdom is ruling over all.
  • Ps 136:5 : 5 To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 8:28-31
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    83%

    28 When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed:

    29 When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

    30 Then I was by his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times;

    31 Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.

  • Prov 8:22-26
    5 verses
    82%

    22 The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past.

    23 From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.

    24 When there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water.

    25 Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:

    26 When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world.

  • Job 38:4-10
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    77%

    4 Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

    5 By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?

    6 On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone,

    7 When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?

    8 Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;

    9 When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

    10 Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;

  • Prov 3:19-20
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    73%

    19 The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.

    20 By his knowledge the deep was parted, and dew came dropping from the skies.

  • Job 29:4-5
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    4 As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;

    5 While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;

  • Job 9:8-9
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    72%

    8 By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:

    9 Who made the Bear and Orion, and the Pleiades, and the store-houses of the south:

  • Jer 10:12
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    12 He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

  • Ps 8:3
    72%

    3 When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

  • Heb 1:10
    71%

    10 You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands:

  • Prov 8:14
    71%

    14 Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

  • Job 28:26-27
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    71%

    26 When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the thunder-flames;

    27 Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.

  • Ps 139:15
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    15 My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.

  • Job 26:10
    70%

    10 By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.

  • Ps 102:25
    70%

    25 In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

  • Jer 4:23
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    23 Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.

  • Jer 51:15
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    15 He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:

  • Ps 139:8-9
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    8 If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there.

    9 If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea;

  • Isa 48:13
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    13 Yes, by my hand was the earth placed on its base, and by my right hand the heavens were stretched out; at my word they take up their places.

  • Prov 8:12
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    12 I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

  • Job 38:16
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    16 Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?

  • Job 38:33
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    33 Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth?

  • Job 37:16
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    16 Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?

  • Gen 2:4
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    4 These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.

  • Job 37:18
    68%

    18 Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?

  • Gen 1:1
    68%

    1 At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

  • Gen 1:7
    68%

    7 And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.

  • Job 11:9
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    9 Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.

  • Job 38:30
    68%

    30 The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered.

  • Isa 40:21
    68%

    21 Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?

  • Gen 1:17
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    17 And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

  • Job 38:18
    68%

    18 Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.

  • Job 26:8
    68%

    8 By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.