Proverbs 8:29

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:9 : 9 A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.
  • Gen 1:9-9 : 9 And God saith, `Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place, and let the dry land be seen:' and it is so. 10 And God calleth to the dry land `Earth,' and to the collection of the waters He hath called `Seas;' and God seeth that `it is' good.
  • Job 38:4-9 : 4 Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding. 5 Who placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line? 6 On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone? 7 In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy, 8 And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out. 9 In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band, 10 And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors, 11 And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'
  • Ps 33:7 : 7 Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.
  • Ps 104:5 : 5 He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Me do ye not fear, an affirmation of Jehovah? From My presence are ye not pained? Who hath made sand the border of the sea, A limit age-during, and it passeth not over it, They shake themselves, and they are not able, Yea, sounded have its billows, and they pass not over.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 8:26-28
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    84%

    26While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.

    27In His preparing the heavens I `am' there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,

    28In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,

  • Ps 104:9
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    9A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.

  • Job 38:10-12
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    10And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,

    11And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

    12Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

  • Job 26:10-12
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    77%

    10A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.

    11Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.

    12By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.

  • Ps 104:5
    77%

    5He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.

  • Job 38:8
    76%

    8And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

  • Job 38:4-6
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    76%

    4Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

    5Who placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?

    6On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

  • Job 9:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7Who is speaking to the sun, and it riseth not, And the stars He sealeth up.

    8Stretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea,

  • Ps 33:7
    75%

    7Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.

  • Ps 24:2
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    2For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it.

  • 2 Sam 22:16
    74%

    16And seen are the streams of the sea, Revealed are foundations of the world, By the rebuke of Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of His anger.

  • Job 12:15
    74%

    15Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.

  • Job 36:30
    74%

    30Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,

  • Jer 5:22
    74%

    22Me do ye not fear, an affirmation of Jehovah? From My presence are ye not pained? Who hath made sand the border of the sea, A limit age-during, and it passeth not over it, They shake themselves, and they are not able, Yea, sounded have its billows, and they pass not over.

  • Ps 148:6
    74%

    6And He establisheth them for ever to the age, A statute He gave, and they pass not over.

  • Job 28:25-26
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    25To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.

    26In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,

  • Ps 95:5
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    5Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land.

  • Job 38:16
    73%

    16Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

  • Ps 33:9
    73%

    9For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth.

  • Ps 18:15
    73%

    15And seen are the streams of waters, And revealed are foundations of the earth. From Thy rebuke, O Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of Thine anger.

  • Job 11:9
    72%

    9Longer than earth `is' its measure, And broader than the sea.

  • Prov 8:24
    72%

    24In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy `with' waters,

  • Job 14:5
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    5If determined are his days, The number of his months `are' with Thee, His limit Thou hast made, And he passeth not over;

  • Job 26:8
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    8Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.

  • Prov 3:19
    72%

    19Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.

  • Jer 10:12
    72%

    12The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens,

  • Job 38:30
    72%

    30As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.

  • Exod 15:8
    72%

    8And by the spirit of Thine anger Have waters been heaped together; Stood as a heap have flowings; Congealed have been depths In the heart of a sea.

  • Job 28:11
    72%

    11From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out `to' light.

  • Amos 9:6
    71%

    6Who is building in the heavens His upper chambers; As to His troop, Upon earth He hath founded it, Who is calling for the waters of the sea, And poureth them out on the face of the land, Jehovah `is' His name.

  • Jer 51:15
    71%

    15The maker of earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who by His understanding stretched out the heavens,

  • Ps 89:9
    71%

    9Thou `art' ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.

  • Prov 8:30
    71%

    30Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight -- day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,

  • Job 37:12
    71%

    12And it is turning itself round by His counsels, For their doing all He commandeth them, On the face of the habitable earth.

  • Job 41:31
    71%

    31He causeth to boil as a pot the deep, The sea he maketh as a pot of ointment.

  • Ps 107:25
    71%

    25And He saith, and appointeth a tempest, And it lifteth up its billows,

  • Ps 65:6
    71%

    6Establishing mountains by His power, He hath been girded with might,

  • Ps 89:11
    71%

    11Thine `are' the heavens -- the earth also `is' Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.

  • Job 28:9
    70%

    9Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.