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Proverbs 8:29

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29When aHe set for the sea its boundary

So that the water would not transgress His 1command,

When He marked out bthe foundations of the earth;

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit mouth

Cross references

  1. aJob 38:10; Ps 104:9
  2. bJob 38:6; Ps 104:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

when he assigned to the sea its limit,

so that the waters might not transgress his command,

when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

when he gave the sea its boundary

so the waters would not overstep his command,

and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

when he set a limit for the sea

so that the waters would not violate his command,

when he laid out the foundations of the earth.

NLTNew Living Translation

I was there when he set the limits of the seas,

so they would not spread beyond their boundaries.

And when he marked off the earth’s foundations,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

when he assigned his limits to the sea,

that waters shall not transgress his command,

when he marked the foundations of the earth,

KJV 1900King James Version

When he gave to the sea his decree,

That the waters should not pass his commandment:

When he appointed the foundations of the earth: