Catholic Public Domain Version
"I was already present: when he prepared the heavens; when, with a certain law and a circuit, he fortified the abyss; "
— Proverbs 8:27, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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 made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:”
“When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:”
The abyss did not yet exist, and I was already conceived; neither had the fountains of waters yet erupted.
The mountains, with their great mass, had not yet been established. Before the hills, I was brought forth.
Still he had not made the earth, and the rivers, and the poles of the globe of the earth.
I was already present: when he prepared the heavens; when, with a certain law and a circuit, he fortified the abyss;
when he made firm the sky above, and set free the fountains of waters;
when he encompassed the sea within its limits, and laid down a law for the waters, lest they transgress their limits; when he weighed the foundations of the earth.
I was with him in composing all things. And I was delighted, throughout every day, by playing in his sight at all times,