Proverbs 8:27

27 I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

Proverbs 8:27 in Other Translations

27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

27 When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,

27 I was there when he established the heavens, when he drew the horizon on the oceans.

27 And set Sky firmly in place, I was there. When he mapped and gave borders to wild Ocean,

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

Proverbs 8:27 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 8:27

When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there
Made, beautified, and adorned them; when he gave them their form, figure, magnitude, and motion; when he garnished them with the sun, moon, and stars; then was Christ present, not as a mere spectator, but as a co-worker; see ( Hebrews 1:10 ) ; and even the third heaven, the place and state of glorified saints, prepared for them from the foundation of the world, ( Matthew 25:34 ) ; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
or "compassed the waters with bounds", as Job says, ( Proverbs 26:10 ) ; or made the earth with the sea globular, which make one terraqueous globe: or "made a circle" {p}; all around it, called the circle of the earth, on which he sits, ( Isaiah 40:22 ) ; this compass may design the vast expanse or firmament of heaven, which is stretched and drawn around the terraqueous globe as a canopy or curtain. Christ was with his Father on the first day's creation of the heavens; and on the second day, when the firmament was made, and was before them both.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (gwx wqxb) "describendo circulum", Montanus, Mercerus, Cocceius, Michaelis, Schultens.

Proverbs 8:27 In-Context

25 before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth,

26 before he made the world or its fields or any of the dust of the earth.

27 I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

28 when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,

29 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Job 26:7; Proverbs 3:19
• 2. S Job 22:14