Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 8:27
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I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
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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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When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
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When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
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Proverbs 8
25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,
26 before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth.
27 I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
28 when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
29 when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
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