When he set a compass upon the face of the depth — i.e., when He stretched the vault of heaven over it: the same expression is used in Job 22:14. It is also interpreted of the circle of the horizon.
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Proverbs 8:27
27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compassf upon the face of the depth: