King James Version
Proverbs 8:29 in the King James Version says “When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations o...” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:”
Proverbs 8:29 · KJV
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;
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“When he gave”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“to the sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
“his decree”
H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“should not pass”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“his commandment”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“when he appointed”
H2710properly, to hack, i.e., engrave (judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive
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