NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon When he gavesuwm (soom) to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work. to the sea yam (yawm) from an unused root meaning to roar -- sea (-faring man, (-shore), south, west (-ern, side, -ward). his decree choq (khoke) an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage) that the waters mayim (mah'-yim) water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring). should not pass `abar (aw-bar') to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) his commandment peh (peh) the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to when he appointed chaqaq (khaw-kak') to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe the foundations mowcad (mo-sawd') a foundation -- foundation. of the earth 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible When He set for the sea its boundary So that the water would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth; King James Bible When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Holman Christian Standard Bible when He set a limit for the sea so that the waters would not violate His command, when He laid out the foundations of the earth. International Standard Version when he set a boundary for the sea so the waters would not exceed his limits, when he marked out the foundations of the earth. NET Bible when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, Aramaic Bible in Plain English When he set the law of the Sea and the waters would not disobey his mouth, when he made the foundations of the Earth, GOD'S WORD® Translation when he set a limit for the sea so the waters would not overstep his command, when he traced the foundations of the earth, King James 2000 Bible When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his command: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Links Proverbs 8:29Proverbs 8:29 NIV Proverbs 8:29 NLT Proverbs 8:29 ESV Proverbs 8:29 NASB Proverbs 8:29 KJV |