Proverbs 8:28
in Proverbs 8when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
BSB
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ASV
When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,
KJV
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
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This verse in Proverbs 8
Commentary
9 notes on this verseLearn also that the Father was with him, and he with the Father, when all things were being made. Wisdom says, "When he was preparing the heavens I was with him, when he was making the fountains of waters." And in the Old Testament the Father … showed that the Son was to be worshiped with himself as the maker of all things.
This site's exposition
when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep
on Proverbs 8:27-31
Wisdom is present at “a boundary for the sea,” which Job 38:11 states: “You may come this far, but no farther”. The words “His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence” are familial, and the Hebrew amon, craftsman or nursling, is left unsettled.
This site's exposition
when the fountains of the deep gushed forth
Wesley read the older rendering, strengthened, as God shutting the springs in the earth as with a strong band. The Berean reads the fountains gushing forth. All the fountains of the great deep burst forth again in the flood of Genesis 7:11.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
This Wisdom uttered made the sky, The sky and light and all besides; All by the Word's almighty power Were fashioned, for the Word was God.
A commentator
Philoxenus of Mabbug13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 3 -- On Faith · Written before 523.
proposed
For in the beginning when He created the world and all that therein is, and when He was establishing things, wisdom worked with Him, even as Solomon saith, "The Lord by His wisdom laid the foundations of the earth, and He constructed the heavens by …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Strengthened - When he shut up the fountains in the cavities of the earth, and kept them there as it were by a strong band. The deep - Which have their original from the deep, either from the sea, or from the abyss of waters in the bowels of the earth.
When he established the clouds above,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The clouds above - שחקים shechakim, “the ethereal regions,” taking in the whole of the atmosphere, with all its meteors, clouds, vapours, etc.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Strictly, God's attributes are part of Himself. Yet, to the poetical structure of the whole passage, this commendation of wisdom is entirely consonant. In order of time all His attributes are coincident and eternal as Himself.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּאַמְּצ֣וֹ | beametzo | when made firm he | H553 → | 41 times |
| שְׁחָקִ֣ים | shechakim | [the] clouds | H7834 → | |
| מִמָּ֑עַל | mimaal | <from> above | H4605 → | |
| בַּ֝עֲז֗וֹז | baazoz | when became strong | H5810 → | 11 times |
| עִינ֥וֹת | inot | [the] springs of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| תְּהוֹם׃ | tehom | [the] deep | H8415 → | 36 times |
בְּאַמְּצ֣וֹwhen made firm he
beametzoH553 →41 times
שְׁחָקִ֣ים[the] clouds
shechakimH7834 →
מִמָּ֑עַל<from> above
mimaalH4605 →
בַּ֝עֲז֗וֹזwhen became strong
baazozH5810 →11 times
עִינ֥וֹת[the] springs of
inotH5869 →887 times
תְּהוֹם׃[the] deep
tehomH8415 →36 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About Proverbs
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit 3.11.85; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Philoxenus of Mabbug, 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 3 -- On Faith and Prudentius, HYMNS FOR EVERY DAY 11.