Proverbs 8:27

8:27 When he established the heavens, I was there;

when he marked out the horizon ¹  over the face of the deep,

Proverbs 8:29

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,

Proverbs 31:5

31:5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed,

and remove ³  from all the poor ⁴  their legal rights. ⁵ 

[8:27]  ¹ sn The infinitive construct בְּחוּקוֹ (bÿkhuqo, “to cut; to engrave; to mark”) and the noun חוּג (khug, “horizon; circle”) form a paronomasia in the line.

[8:29]  ² tn Heb “his mouth.”

[31:5]  ³ tn The verb means “change,” perhaps expressed in reversing decisions or removing rights.

[31:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the children of poverty.” This expression refers to the poor by nature. Cf. KJV, NASB, NRSV “the afflicted”; NIV “oppressed.”

[31:5]  ⁵ sn The word is דִּין (din, “judgment”; so KJV). In this passage it refers to the cause or the plea for justice, i.e., the “legal rights.”