Proverbs 8:29

Proverbs 8:29 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

29when he gave the sea its boundary

so the waters would not overstep his command,

and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

29When He set a boundary for the sea

So that the water would not violate His command,

When He marked out the foundations of the earth;

29When He set for the sea its boundary

So that the waters would not transgress [the boundaries set by] His command,

When He marked out the foundations of the earth— [Job 38:10, 11; Ps 104:6-9; Jer 5:22]

29when He set a boundary for the sea,

so that the waters would not surpass His command,

when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

29When he gave to the sea its bound,

That the waters should not transgress his commandment,

When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

29When he gaue his decree to the Sea, that the waters shoulde not passe his commandement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

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,

29It was when he set limits for the sea

so that the waters had to obey his command.

When the Lord marked out the foundations of the earth, I was there.

29He gave his command to the seas,

that they should obey him.

The waters of the sea must stay inside its borders.

I was there when he built the foundations of the earth.

29In His setting for the sea its limit, || And the waters do not transgress His command, || In His decreeing the foundations of earth,