Proverbs 8:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 40:22 : 22 He is the one who sits on the earth’s horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent.
  • Prov 3:19 : 19 By wisdom the LORD laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.
  • Jer 10:12 : 12 The LORD is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.
  • Col 1:16 : 16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created in him– all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers– all things were created through him and for him.
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.
  • Job 26:10 : 10 He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the LORD’s decree the heavens were made; and by the breath of his mouth all the starry hosts.
  • Ps 103:19 : 19 The LORD has established his throne in heaven; his kingdom extends over everything.
  • Ps 136:5 : 5 to the one who used wisdom to make the heavens, for his loyal love endures,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 8:28-31
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    28when he established the clouds above, when he secured the fountains of the deep,

    29when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

    30then I was beside him as a master craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, rejoicing before him at all times,

    31rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people.

  • Prov 8:22-26
    5 verses
    82%

    22The LORD created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago.

    23From eternity I have been fashioned, from the beginning, from before the world existed.

    24When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water;

    25before the mountains were set in place– before the hills– I was born,

    26before he made the earth and its fields, or the top soil of the world.

  • Job 38:4-10
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    77%

    4God’s questions to Job“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!

    5Who set its measurements– if you know– or who stretched a measuring line across it?

    6On what were its bases set, or who laid its cornerstone–

    7when the morning stars sang in chorus, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

    8“Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb,

    9when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,

    10when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors,

  • Prov 3:19-20
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    73%

    19By wisdom the LORD laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.

    20By his knowledge the primordial sea was broken open, so that the clouds drip down dew.

  • Job 29:4-5
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    72%

    4just as I was in my most productive time, when God’s intimate friendship was experienced in my tent,

    5when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me;

  • Job 9:8-9
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    72%

    8he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

    9he makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky;

  • Jer 10:12
    72%

    12The LORD is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

  • Ps 8:3
    72%

    3When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

  • Heb 1:10
    71%

    10And,“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.

  • Prov 8:14
    71%

    14Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might.

  • Job 28:26-27
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    71%

    26when he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,

    27then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value; he established it and examined it closely.

  • Ps 139:15
    70%

    15my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth.

  • Job 26:10
    70%

    10He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.

  • Ps 102:25
    70%

    25In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.

  • Jer 4:23
    70%

    23“I looked at the land and saw that it was an empty wasteland. I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.

  • Jer 51:15
    70%

    15He is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place, by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

  • Ps 139:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.

    9If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,

  • Isa 48:13
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    13Yes, my hand founded the earth; my right hand spread out the sky. I summon them; they stand together.

  • Prov 8:12
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    12“I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.

  • Job 38:16
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    16Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?

  • Job 38:33
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    33Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth?

  • Job 37:16
    69%

    16Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?

  • Gen 2:4
    69%

    4The Creation of Man and Woman This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created– when the LORD God made the earth and heavens.

  • Job 37:18
    68%

    18will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?

  • Gen 1:1
    68%

    1¶ The Creation of the World In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

  • Gen 1:7
    68%

    7So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.

  • Job 11:9
    68%

    9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

  • Job 38:30
    68%

    30when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?

  • Isa 40:21
    68%

    21Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?

  • Gen 1:17
    68%

    17God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,

  • Job 38:18
    68%

    18Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all!

  • Job 26:8
    68%

    8He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.