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Proverbs 3:19

The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

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יְֽהוָ֗הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).בְּחָכְמָ֥הbechakhemahin wisdomחׇכְמָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in wisdom”, the ordinary formH2451wisdom (in a good sense)skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.יָֽסַדyasadfoundיָסַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “found”, a completed actionH3245to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consultappoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.אָ֑רֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.כּוֹנֵ֥ןkonenbe fittedכּוּןverb, polel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be fitted”, a completed actionH3559properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth…שָׁ֝מַ֗יִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).בִּתְבוּנָֽהbitvunahin discretionתָּבוּןpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in discretion”, the ordinary formH8394intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, capricediscretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.

Young’s Literal Translation

Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.

World English Bible

By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

Darby Translation

Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.

Douay-Rheims

The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ Θεὸς τῇ σοφίᾳ ἐθεμελίωσε τὴν γῆν, ἡτοίμασε δὲ οὐρανοὺς φρονήσει.