King James Version

Proverbs 8:29

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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בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹbesumvoin putשׂוּםpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in put”, the to-form of the verbH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…לַיָּ֨םlayamto seaיָםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).חֻקּ֗וֹchuqvoappointedחֹקnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “appointed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, [idiom] necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.וּ֭מַיִםumayimand waterמַיִםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יַֽעַבְרוּyaavrvalienateעָבַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “alienate”, an unfinished actionH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…פִ֑יוfivedgeפֶּהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “edge”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according toaccord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] s…בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹbechuqvoin appointחָקַקpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in appoint”, the to-form of the verbH2710properly, 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.) prescribeappoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.מ֣וֹסְדֵיmosedefoundationמוֹסָדnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “foundation”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4144a foundationfoundation.אָֽרֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, 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.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

When He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not transgress His commandment, when He appointed the foundations of the earth;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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;

Young’s Literal Translation

In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,

World English Bible

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,

Darby Translation

when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Douay-Rheims

When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when be balanced the foundations of the earth;

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

When He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not transgress His commandment, when He appointed the foundations of the earth;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ὡς ἰσχυρὰ ἐποίει τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς,