Proverbs 8:27

World English Bible (2000)

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 40:22 : 22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;
  • Prov 3:19 : 19 By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.
  • Jer 10:12 : 12 He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
  • Col 1:16 : 16 For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
  • Job 26:10 : 10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.
  • Ps 103:19 : 19 Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.
  • Ps 136:5 : 5 To him who by understanding made the heavens; for his loving kindness endures forever:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 8:28-31
    4 verses
    83%

    28when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,

    29when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;

    30then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,

    31Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.

  • Prov 8:22-26
    5 verses
    82%

    22"Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.

    23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.

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

    25Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was brought forth;

    26while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

  • Job 38:4-10
    7 verses
    77%

    4"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

    5Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

    6Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

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

    8"Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,

    9when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,

    10marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,

  • Prov 3:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

    20By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

  • Job 29:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was in my tent,

    5when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,

  • Job 9:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

    9He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south.

  • Jer 10:12
    72%

    12He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:

  • Ps 8:3
    72%

    3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

  • Heb 1:10
    71%

    10And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.

  • Prov 8:14
    71%

    14Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.

  • Job 28:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;

    27then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.

  • Ps 139:15
    70%

    15My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.

  • Job 26:10
    70%

    10He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

  • Ps 102:25
    70%

    25Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

  • Jer 4:23
    70%

    23I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

  • Jer 51:15
    70%

    15He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:

  • Ps 139:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!

    9If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;

  • Isa 48:13
    69%

    13Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens: when I call to them, they stand up together.

  • Prov 8:12
    69%

    12"I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.

  • Job 38:16
    69%

    16"Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

  • Job 38:33
    69%

    33Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?

  • Job 37:16
    69%

    16Do you know the workings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

  • Gen 2:4
    69%

    4This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.

  • Job 37:18
    68%

    18Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

  • Gen 1:1
    68%

    1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

  • Gen 1:7
    68%

    7God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

  • Job 11:9
    68%

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

  • Job 38:30
    68%

    30The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.

  • Isa 40:21
    68%

    21Haven't you known? Haven't you heard, yet? Haven't you been told from the beginning? Haven't you understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • Gen 1:17
    68%

    17God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,

  • Job 38:18
    68%

    18Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

  • Job 26:8
    68%

    8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.