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Selected Verse: Proverbs 8:29 - King James

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Pr 8:29 King James When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
commandment--better, the shore, that is, of the sea.

foundations--figuratively denotes the solid structure (Job 38:4; Psa 24:2).
 
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2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.