King James Version
Proverbs 8:28 in the King James Version says “When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:”
Proverbs 8:28 · KJV
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. fields: or, open places the highest: or, the chief part
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: a compass: or, a circle
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“When he established”
H553to be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage)
“the clouds”
H7834a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
“above”
H4605properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
“the fountains”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“of the deep”
H8415an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
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