Bible in Basic English
"When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:"
— Proverbs 8:27, Bible in Basic English
“When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:”
“When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep, ”
“When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,”
“When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,”
“When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law, and compass, he enclosed the depths:”
“When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:”
When there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water.
Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:
When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world.
When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:
When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed:
When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:
Then I was by his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times;