Proverbs 8:28

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{ "verseID": "Proverbs.8.28", "source": "בְּאַמְּצ֣וֹ שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִמָּ֑עַל בַּ֝עֲז֗וֹז עִינ֥וֹת תְּהוֹם׃", "text": "When-*ʾammᵊṣô šᵊḥāqîm* from-above, when-*ʿăzôz ʿênôt tᵊhôm*", "grammar": { "*ʾammᵊṣô*": "piel infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his strengthening", "*šᵊḥāqîm*": "masculine plural noun - clouds/skies", "*ʿăzôz*": "qal infinitive construct - becoming strong", "*ʿênôt*": "feminine plural construct - springs of", "*tᵊhôm*": "masculine singular noun - deep/abyss" }, "variants": { "*ʾammᵊṣô*": "his strengthening/making firm", "*šᵊḥāqîm*": "clouds/skies/heavens", "*ʿăzôz*": "becoming strong/prevailing", "*ʿênôt tᵊhôm*": "springs of the deep/fountains of the abyss" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּאַמְּצ֣וֹ שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִמָּ֑עַל בַּ֝עֲז֗וֹז עִינ֥וֹת תְּהוֹם׃

Transliteration

When-ʾammᵊṣô šᵊḥāqîm from-above, when-ʿăzôz ʿênôt tᵊhôm

Grammar Details

• *ʾammᵊṣô*: piel infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his strengthening
• *šᵊḥāqîm*: masculine plural noun - clouds/skies
• *ʿăzôz*: qal infinitive construct - becoming strong
• *ʿênôt*: feminine plural construct - springs of
• *tᵊhôm*: masculine singular noun - deep/abyss

Word Meanings

• *ʾammᵊṣô*: his strengthening/making firm
• *šᵊḥāqîm*: clouds/skies/heavens
• *ʿăzôz*: becoming strong/prevailing
• *ʿênôt tᵊhôm*: springs of the deep/fountains of the abyss

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When He strengthened the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  When he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  whan he hanged the cloudes aboue: whan he fastened the sprynges of the depe:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When he established the cloudes aboue, when he confirmed the fountaines of the deepe,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When he hanged the cloudes aboue, when he fastened the springes of the deepe:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When he established the clouds above, When the springs of the deep became strong,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

  when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  when he established the clouds above, when he secured the fountains of the deep,