Proverbs 8:29

29 when He set a limit for the sea so that the waters would not violate His command,^[a] when He laid out the foundations of the earth.^[b]

Proverbs 8:29 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 8:29

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should
not pass his commandment
A perpetual decree, which never has been altered nor never will: he has placed the sand for the bounds of the sea everywhere, which it cannot pass, though its waves toss, foam, and roar; this is his decreed place, with which he has shut it up, as with doors, bars, and bolts; so that those proud waves may come hitherto and no further, ( Jeremiah 5:22 ) ( Job 38:10 Job 38:11 ) ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth;
which are laid on the seas and floods; nay, the earth is hung like a ball in the air upon nothing; and yet its foundations are such as that it shall not be removed; being the purpose and decree, the power and might, of the Lord himself, ( Job 26:7 ) ( Psalms 24:2 ) ( 104:5 ) . Now Christ was present when those were laid, for he was concerned in the laying of them himself, ( Hebrews 1:10 ) . The Lord asks Job where he was then, ( Job 38:4 ) ; he was not theft in being, but Christ was.

Proverbs 8:29 In-Context

27 I was there when He established the heavens, when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,

28 when He placed the skies above, when the fountains of the ocean gushed forth,

29 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.

30 I was a skilled craftsman beside Him. I was His delight every day, always rejoicing before Him.

31 I was rejoicing in His inhabited world, delighting in the human race.

Footnotes

• [a]. Jb 38:8-11
• [b]. Jb 38:4-5