Proverbs 8:27

compass. a circle, or vault.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A compass - Better as in the margin and Job 22:14 (see the note), i. e., the great vault of heaven stretched over the deep seas.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 8. Wisdom Speaks in her own Person. This chapter forms at once the nucleus and the climax of this section of the book. The series of addre...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: When he prepared the heavens, I was there - For there...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: When he prepared the heavens, I (was) there: whe...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Wisdom's Cry Wisdom now reappears as a preacher, holding forth in all the places where men most do congregate. After expounding in varied ways the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The section containing the instructions of wisdom ends with two discourses, the first of which is the great call of wisdom. This takes up and deals m...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was....
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: Ver. 27. When he prepared the heavens. ] Or, Caused...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When he prepared the heavens I was there Not as an idle spectator, but as a co-worker with my Father. When he set a compass upon the face of the d...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 1:16 ; Hebrews 1:2 ; Isaiah 40:11 ; Isaiah 40:22 ; Jeremiah 10:12 ; Psalms 103:19 ; Psalms 136:5 ; Psalms 33:6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Related Commentaries of Proverbs 8:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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