Proverbs 8:29
King James Version (KJV)
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
American Standard Version (ASV)
When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
World English Bible (WEB)
when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;
Proverbs 8:29 Cross References
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
