Proverbs 8:28-29

8:28 when he established the clouds above,

when the fountains of the deep grew strong, ¹ 

8:29 when he gave the sea his decree

that the waters should not pass over his command, ² 

when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

[8:28]  ¹ tn To form a better parallel some commentators read this infinitive בַּעֲזוֹז (ba’azoz), “when [they] grew strong,” as a Piel causative, “when he made firm, fixed fast” (cf. NIV “fixed securely”; NLT “established”). But the following verse (“should not pass over”) implies the meaning “grew strong” here.

[8:29]  ² tn Heb “his mouth.”