Proverbs 8:27 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,

English ASV

When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

English Amplified

When He prepared the heavens, I [Wisdom] was there; when He drew a circle upon the face of the deep and stretched out the firmament over it,

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

When He prepared the heavens, I [Wisdom] was there; when He drew a circle upon the face of the deep and stretched out the firmament over it,

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

I was there when he established the heavens, when he laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;

English EASY 2024

I was there when he put the heavens in their place. I was there when he made the border of the sea where it meets the sky.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

I was there when the Lord set up the skies, when he drew a circle in the ocean to make a place for the land.

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

I was there when he set the sky in place, when he stretched the horizon across the ocean,

English God's Word - GW 1995

"When he set up the heavens, I was there. When he traced the horizon on the surface of the ocean,

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

I was there when He established the heavens, when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,

English KJV 1611

When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

English LSB

When He established the heavens, I was there, When He marked out a circle on the face of the deep,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

When He established the heavens, I was there; when He drew a circle on the face of the deep,

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"When He established the heavens, I was there, When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

"When he established the heavens I was there, when he marked out the vault over the face of the deep;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

I was there when he set the heavens in place. When he marked out the place where the sky meets the sea, I was there.

English NIV

I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

English NKJ 1982

When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,

English NLT

"I was there when he established the heavens, when he drew the horizon on the oceans.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

When he established the heavens, I was there, when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

When he hung the tapestry of the heavens and stretched out the horizon of the earth,

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

When he established the heavens, I was there, when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“I was there when he established the heavens and

English Tyndale 1537

For when he made the heavens, I was present: when he set up the depths in order:

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