Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

New American Standard Bible

“When He established the heavens, I was there,
When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

when he crafted the heavens, I was there when he marked out a circle on the face of the deep,

American Standard Version

When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

Amplified


“When He established the heavens, I [Wisdom] was there;
When He drew a circle upon the face of the deep,

Bible in Basic English

When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:

Darby Translation

When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;

Julia Smith Translation

In his preparing the heavens I was there: in his inscribing a circle upon the face of the deep:

King James 2000

When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he drew a circle upon the face of the depth:

Lexham Expanded Bible

{when he established} the heavens, there I [was], {when he drew} a circle upon the face of the deep,

Modern King James verseion

When He prepared the heavens, I was there; when He set a circle upon the face of the deep;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For when he made the heavens, I was present; when he set up the depths in order;

NET Bible

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,

New Heart English Bible

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

The Emphasized Bible

When he prepared the heavens, there, was I! When he decreed a vault upon the face of the resounding deep;

Webster

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

World English Bible

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

Youngs Literal Translation

In His preparing the heavens I am there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the heavens
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

I was there when he set
חקק 
Chaqaq 
Usage: 19

חוּג 
Chuwg 
Usage: 3

upon the face
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

References

American

Fausets

Context Readings

Wisdom At Creation

26 while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world. 27 When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle upon the face of the deep, 28 when he made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong,


Cross References

Proverbs 3:19

LORD by wisdom founded the earth. By understanding he established the heavens.

Isaiah 40:22

[It is] he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in,

Job 26:10

He has described a boundary upon the face of the waters, to the confines of light and darkness.

Psalm 33:6

By the word of LORD were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Psalm 103:19

LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.

Psalm 136:5

to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his loving kindness [is] forever,

Isaiah 40:11

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those who have their young.

Jeremiah 10:12

He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.

Colossians 1:16

Because in him all things were created, things in the heavens and things upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or lordships or principal offices or positions of authority, all things have been created

Hebrews 1:2

whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the ages.

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