A moment in scripture
Proverbs 8:27
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When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 8:25
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
- Proverbs 8:26
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
- Proverbs 8:28
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
- Proverbs 8:29
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.