Proverbs 8:29

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Whan he shutt the see within certayne bowndes, that ye waters shulde not go ouer their marckes. When he layed the foundacions of the earth,

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  • Ps 104:9 : 9 Thou hast set them their boundes, which they maie not passe, that they turne not agayne to couer ye earth.
  • Gen 1:9-9 : 9 And God sayde: let the waters vnder heauen gather theselues vnto one place, yt the drye londe maye appeare. And so it came to passe. 10 And God called ye drye londe, Earth: and the gatheringe together of waters called he, ye See. And God sawe yt it was good.
  • Job 38:4-9 : 4 Where wast thou, when I layed ye foundacions of the earth? Tell planely yff thou hast vnderstondinge. 5 Who hath measured it, knowest thou? Or, who hath spred ye lyne vpon it? 6 Where vpon stode the pilers of it? Or, who layed ye corner stone? 7 where wast thou when the mornynge starres gaue me prayse, ad when all the angels of God reioysed? 8 Who shutt the see with dores, when it brake forth as a childe out off his mothers wombe? 9 When I made the cloudes to be a coueringe for it, and swedled it with ye darcke? 10 when I gaue it my comaundement, makynge dores & barres for it, 11 sayenge: Hither to shalt thou come, but no further, and here shalt thou laye downe thy proude and hye wawes.
  • Ps 33:7 : 7 He gathereth ye waters together as it were in a bottell, & laieth vp the depe in secrete.
  • Ps 104:5 : 5 Thou hast layed ye earth vpon hir foundacion, that it neuer moueth at eny tyme.
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Feare ye not me, saieth the LORDE? Are ye not ashamed, to loke me in the face? which bynde the see with the sonde, so that it can not passe his boundes: For though it rage, yet can it do nothinge: and though the wawes therof do swell, yet maye they not go ouer.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 8:26-28
    3 verses
    84%

    26 The earth and all that is vpon the earth was not yet made, no not the grounde it self.

    27 For when he made the heauens, I was present: wha he set the depthes in ordre:

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

  • 9 Thou hast set them their boundes, which they maie not passe, that they turne not agayne to couer ye earth.

  • Job 38:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10 when I gaue it my comaundement, makynge dores & barres for it,

    11 sayenge: Hither to shalt thou come, but no further, and here shalt thou laye downe thy proude and hye wawes.

    12 Hast thou geue the mornynge his charge (as soone as thou wast borne) and shewed the dayespringe his place,

  • Job 26:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10 He hath copased the waters wt certayne boundes, vntill the daye & night come to an ende.

    11 The very pilers of heaue treble & quake at his reprofe.

    12 He stilleth the see with his power, & thorow his wy?dome hath he set forth ye worlde.

  • 5 Thou hast layed ye earth vpon hir foundacion, that it neuer moueth at eny tyme.

  • 8 Who shutt the see with dores, when it brake forth as a childe out off his mothers wombe?

  • Job 38:4-6
    3 verses
    76%

    4 Where wast thou, when I layed ye foundacions of the earth? Tell planely yff thou hast vnderstondinge.

    5 Who hath measured it, knowest thou? Or, who hath spred ye lyne vpon it?

    6 Where vpon stode the pilers of it? Or, who layed ye corner stone?

  • Job 9:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7 He commaundeth the Sone, & it ryseth not: he closeth vp the starres, as it were vnder a signet.

    8 He himself alone spredeth out ye heauens, and goeth vpon the wawes of the see.

  • 7 He gathereth ye waters together as it were in a bottell, & laieth vp the depe in secrete.

  • 2 For he hath fouded it vpo the sees, & buylded it vpon the floudes.

  • 16 The pourynges out of the See were sene, and the foundacions of the earth were discouered at the chydinge of the LORDE, & at the breth of the sprete of his wrath.

  • 15 Beholde, yf he witholde the waters, they drye vp: Yf he let the go, they destroye the earth.

  • 30 and cause his light to shyne vpo them, and to couer the botome of the see.

  • 22 Feare ye not me, saieth the LORDE? Are ye not ashamed, to loke me in the face? which bynde the see with the sonde, so that it can not passe his boundes: For though it rage, yet can it do nothinge: and though the wawes therof do swell, yet maye they not go ouer.

  • 6 He hath made the fast for euer and euer, he hath geue them a lawe which shal not be broke.

  • Job 28:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25 When he weyed the wyndes, & measured ye waters:

    26 when he set the rayne in ordre, and gaue the mightie floudes a lawe:

  • 5 The see is his, for he made it, and his hondes prepared the drie lode.

  • 16 Camest thou euer into the groude of the see, Or, hast thou walked in ye lowe corners of ye depe?

  • 9 For loke what he sayeth, it is done: and loke what he comaudeth, it stondeth fast.

  • 15 The springes of waters were sene, & the foundacios of the roude worlde were discouered at yi chiding (o LORDE) at the blastinge & breth of thy displeasure.

  • 9 His length exceadeth the length of the earth, and his bredth ye bredth of the see.

  • 24 When I was borne, there were nether depthes ner springes of water.

  • 5 The dayes of man are shorte, ye nombre of his monethes are knowne only vnto the. Thou hast apoynted him his boundes, he can not go beyonde them.

  • 8 He byndeth ye water in his cloudes, that they fall not downe together.

  • 19 With wy?dome hath ye LORDE layed the foudacion of ye earth, & thorow vnderstondinge hath he stablished ye heaues.

  • 12 But (as for oure God) he made the earth with his power, and with his wisdome hath he fynished the whole compasse of the worlde, with his discrecion hath he spred out the heauens,

  • 30 yt the waters are as harde as stones, & lye congeeled aboue the depe.

  • 8 In the breth of thy wrath the waters fell together, the floudes wente vpon a heape: The depes plomped together in ye myddest of the see.

  • 11 Out of droppes bryngeth he greate floudes together, & the thinge that is hyd bryngeth he to light.

  • 6 He that hath his dwellinge in heauen, ad groundeth his tabernacle in the earth: He that calleth the waters of the see, and poureth them out vpon the playne grounde: his name is the LORDE.

  • 15 Yee euen the LORDE of hoostes, that with his power made the earth, with his wi?dome prepayred ye rounde worlde, & with his discrecion spred out the heauens.

  • 9 O LORDE God of hoostes, who is like vnto the in power? thy trueth is rounde aboute the.

  • 30 I was with him, ordringe all thinges, delytinge daylie & reioysynge allwaye before him.

  • 12 He distributeth also on euery syde, acordinge as it pleaseth him to deale out his workes, that they maye do, what so euer he commaundeth the thorow the whole worlde:

  • 31 He maketh the depe to seeth and boyle like a pott, and stereth the see together like an oyntment.

  • 25 For at his worde, the stormy wynde aryseth, and lifteth vp the wawes therof.

  • 6 Which in his strength setteth fast the moutaynes, & is gyrded aboute with power.

  • 11 Thou breakest the proude, like one that is wounded, thou scatrest thine enemies abrode with thy mightie arme.

  • 9 There putteth he his honde vpon the stony rockes, & ouerthroweth the mountaynes.