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Text -- Proverbs 8:27 (NET)

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8:27 When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: Wisdom | WISDOM OF SOLOMON, THE | SET | Personification | PROVERBS, THE BOOK OF | MEDIATION; MEDIATOR | LOGOS | Jesus, The Christ | Heaven | God | Deep, The | COMPASS; COMPASSES | ASTRONOMY, III | more
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Wesley , JFB , Clarke , Defender , TSK

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Barnes , Poole , Gill

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Pro 8:27 - -- As co - worker with my Father.

As co - worker with my Father.

Wesley: Pro 8:27 - -- Of that great abyss of water and earth mixed together, which is called both earth and water and the deep, Gen 1:2, when he made this lower world in th...

Of that great abyss of water and earth mixed together, which is called both earth and water and the deep, Gen 1:2, when he made this lower world in the form of a globe.

JFB: Pro 8:27 - -- Marked out the circle, according to the popular idea of the earth, as circular, surrounded by depths on which the visible concave heavens rested.

Marked out the circle, according to the popular idea of the earth, as circular, surrounded by depths on which the visible concave heavens rested.

Clarke: Pro 8:27 - -- When he prepared the heavens, I was there - For there is no part of the creation of God in which wisdom, skill, contrivance, are more manifest, than...

When he prepared the heavens, I was there - For there is no part of the creation of God in which wisdom, skill, contrivance, are more manifest, than in the construction of the visible heavens

Clarke: Pro 8:27 - -- When he set a compass upon the face of the depth - Does not this refer to the establishment of the law of gravitation? by which all the particles of...

When he set a compass upon the face of the depth - Does not this refer to the establishment of the law of gravitation? by which all the particles of matter, tending to a common center, would produce in all bodies the orbicular form, which we see them have; so that even the waters are not only retained within their boundaries, but are subjected to the circular form, in their great aggregate of seas, as other parts of matter are. This is called here making a compass, בחקו חוג bechukko chug , sweeping a circle; and even this on the face of the deep, to bring the chaotic mass into form, regularity, and order.

Defender: Pro 8:27 - -- "Compass" (Hebrew khug) is the same word as "circle" in Isa 40:22, as well as "compassed" in Job 26:10. All three clearly refer to the roundness of th...

"Compass" (Hebrew khug) is the same word as "circle" in Isa 40:22, as well as "compassed" in Job 26:10. All three clearly refer to the roundness of the earth, especially to the spherical nature of sea level defining the global shape of the earth. The Bible never teaches a flat earth, though the charge is frequently made.

Defender: Pro 8:27 - -- "Depth" is the same word as "deep.""

"Depth" is the same word as "deep.""

TSK: Pro 8:27 - -- he prepared : Psa 33:6, Psa 103:19, Psa 136:5; Jer 10:12; Col 1:16; Heb 1:2 compass : or, circle, Isa 40:11, Isa 40:22

he prepared : Psa 33:6, Psa 103:19, Psa 136:5; Jer 10:12; Col 1:16; Heb 1:2

compass : or, circle, Isa 40:11, Isa 40:22

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Pro 8:27 - -- A compass - Better as in the margin and Job 22:14 (see the note), i. e., the great vault of heaven stretched over the deep seas.

A compass - Better as in the margin and Job 22:14 (see the note), i. e., the great vault of heaven stretched over the deep seas.

Poole: Pro 8:27 - -- I was there not as an idle spectator, but as a co-worker with my Father. Of the depth i.e. of that great and deep abyss of water and earth mixed to...

I was there not as an idle spectator, but as a co-worker with my Father.

Of the depth i.e. of that great and deep abyss of water and earth mixed together, which is called both earth and water , and the deep, Gen 1:2 . When he made this lower world round, or in the form of a globe, agreeable to the form of the upper world.

Gill: Pro 8:27 - -- When he prepared the heavens, I was there,.... Made, beautified, and adorned them; when he gave them their form, figure, magnitude, and motion; when ...

When he prepared the heavens, I was there,.... Made, beautified, and adorned them; when he gave them their form, figure, magnitude, and motion; when he garnished them with the sun, moon, and stars; then was Christ present, not as a mere spectator, but as a co-worker; see Heb 1:10; and even the third heaven, the place and state of glorified saints, prepared for them from the foundation of the world, Mat 25:34;

when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: or "compassed the waters with bounds", as Job says, Pro 26:10; or made the earth with the sea globular, which make one terraqueous globe: or "made a circle" p; all around it, called the circle of the earth, on which he sits, Isa 40:22; this compass may design the vast expanse or firmament of heaven, which is stretched and drawn around the terraqueous globe as a canopy or curtain. Christ was with his Father on the first day's creation of the heavens; and on the second day, when the firmament was made, and was before them both.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 8:27 The infinitive construct בְּחוּקוֹ (bÿkhuqo, “to cut; to engrave; to mark”) and...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Pro 8:1-36 - --1 The fame,6 and evidence of wisdom.10 The excellency,12 the nature,15 the power,18 the riches,22 and the eternity of wisdom.32 Wisdom is to be desire...

MHCC: Pro 8:22-31 - --The Son of God declares himself to have been engaged in the creation of the world. How able, how fit is the Son of God to be the Saviour of the world,...

Matthew Henry: Pro 8:22-31 - -- That it is an intelligent and divine person that here speaks seems very plain, and that it is not meant of a mere essential property of the divine n...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 8:27 - -- But not only did her existence precede the laying of the foundation of the world; she was also actively taking part in the creative work: "When He ...

Constable: Pro 1:1--9:18 - --I. DISCOURSES ON WISDOM chs. 1--9 Verse one introduces both the book as a whole and chapters 1-9 in particular. ...

Constable: Pro 8:1--9:18 - --C. The Value of Wisdom and Wise Conduct chs. 8-9 Solomon explained the value of wisdom in many ways alre...

Constable: Pro 8:1-36 - --1. The function of wisdom ch. 8 Chapter 8 is an apology (defense) of wisdom. The argument of thi...

Constable: Pro 8:22-31 - --Wisdom and creation 8:22-31 As Creator, God counted wisdom most important. Wisdom is old...

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Commentary -- Other

Critics Ask: Pro 8:27 PROVERBS 8:22-31 —Who is referred to as “wisdom” in these verses? PROBLEM: Many commentators have claimed that the person identified as wis...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE NATURE AND USE OF PROVERBS.--A proverb is a pithy sentence, concisely expressing some well-established truth susceptible of various illustrations ...

TSK: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The wisdom of all ages, from the highest antiquity, has chosen to compress and communicate its lessons in short, compendious sentences, and in poetic ...

TSK: Proverbs 8 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Pro 8:1, The fame, Pro 8:6, and evidence of wisdom; Pro 8:10, The excellency, Pro 8:12, the nature, Pro 8:15, the power, Pro 8:18, the ri...

Poole: Proverbs 8 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 8 Wisdom’ s fame, call, and exhortation, Pro 8:1-9 . Her excellency, nature, and hatred of evil, Pro 8:10-13 . Her power, Pro 8:14-16 ...

MHCC: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The subject of this book may be thus stated by an enlargement on the opening verses. 1. The Proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. 2. ...

MHCC: Proverbs 8 (Chapter Introduction) (Pro 8:1-11) Christ, as Wisdom, calls to the sons of men. (Pro 8:12-21) The nature and riches of Wisdom. (Pro 8:22-31) Christ one with the Father, i...

Matthew Henry: Proverbs (Book Introduction) An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of The Proverbs We have now before us, I. A new author, or penman rather, or pen (if you will) made use o...

Matthew Henry: Proverbs 8 (Chapter Introduction) The word of God is two-fold, and, in both senses, is wisdom; for a word without wisdom is of little value, and wisdom without a word is of little u...

Constable: Proverbs (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is "The Proverbs of Solo...

Constable: Proverbs (Outline) Outline I. Discourses on wisdom chs. 1-9 A. Introduction to the book 1:1-7 ...

Constable: Proverbs Proverbs Bibliography Aitken, Kenneth T. Proverbs. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986. Alden...

Haydock: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PROVERBS. INTRODUCTION. This book is so called, because it consists of wise and weighty sentences, regulating the morals of men; and...

Gill: Proverbs (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS This book is called, in some printed Hebrew copies, "Sepher Mishle", the Book of Proverbs; the title of it in the Vulgate ...

Gill: Proverbs 8 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS 8 This chapter contains the instructions of Wisdom or Christ; showing the excellency of them, and the author of them, in o...

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