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Proverbs 3:20

NETBible	By his knowledge the primordial sea¹ was broken open,² and the clouds drip down dew.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 3:20	by his knowledge the deeps were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 3:20	By His knowledge the deeps were broken up And the skies drip with dew.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 3:20	By his knowledge the deep fountains of the earth burst forth, and the clouds poured down rain.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 3:20	They knew when to signal rivers and springs to the surface, and dew to descend from the night skies.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 3:20	By his knowledge the deep was parted, and dew came dropping from the skies.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 3:20	by his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the clouds drop down the dew.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 3:20	By His knowledge the depths were broken up, And clouds drop down the dew.
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KJV	By his knowledge <01847> the depths <08415> are broken up <01234> (8738)_, and the clouds <07834> drop down <07491> (8799) the dew <02919>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 3:20	By His knowledge <01847> the deeps <08415> were broken <01234> up And the skies <07834> drip <07491> with dew <02919> .
LXXM	en <1722> PREP aisyhsei <144> N-DSF abussoi <12> N-NPM erraghsan <4486> V-API-3P nefh <3509> N-NPN de <1161> PRT erruhsan {V-AAI-3P} drosouv {N-APF}
NET [draft] ITL	By his knowledge <01847> the primordial sea <08415> was broken <01234> open, and the clouds <07834> drip down <07491> dew <02919> .
HEBREW	lj <02919> wpery <07491> Myqxsw <07834> weqbn <01234> twmwht <08415> wtedb (3:20) <01847>

NETBible

By his knowledge the primordial sea¹ was broken open,² and the clouds drip down dew.³

NET Notes

¹sn The word תְּהוֹמוֹת (tÿhomot, “primordial sea”) alludes to the chaotic “deep” in Gen 1:2 (BDB 1063 s.v. תְּהוֹם 3). This was viewed in the ancient world as a force to be reckoned with. However, God not only formed it but controls it (see J. Emerton, “Spring and Torrent in Ps 74:15,” VT 15 [1965]: 125).

²sn This might refer to God’s action of dividing the waters to form the dry ground on the third day (Gen 1:9-10) or, less likely, to the breaking up of the fountains of the deep at the flood (Gen 7:11).

³sn The two colons form a merism: The wisdom of God is behind all forces of nature, whether the violent breaking forth of its watery forces at creation or the provision of the gentle rain and dew throughout history (T. T. Perowne, Proverbs, 55).