Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
In His preparing the heavens I am there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,
New American Standard Bible
When
King James Version
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
Holman Bible
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,
A Conservative Version
When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle upon 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,
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 8:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wisdom At Creation
26 While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world. 27 In His preparing the heavens I am there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep, 28 In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,
Cross References
Proverbs 3:19
Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
Isaiah 40:22
He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in.
Job 26:10
A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.
Psalm 33:6
By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.
Psalm 103:19
Jehovah in the heavens Hath established His throne, And His kingdom over all hath ruled.
Psalm 136:5
To Him making the heavens by understanding, For to the age is His kindness.
Isaiah 40:11
As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth them: Suckling ones He leadeth.
Jeremiah 10:12
The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens,
Colossians 1:16
because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,
Hebrews 1:2
in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;