Parallel Verses

NET Bible

By his knowledge the primordial sea was broken open, and the clouds drip down dew.

New American Standard Bible

By His knowledge the deeps were broken up
And the skies drip with dew.

King James Version

By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

Holman Bible

By His knowledge the watery depths broke open,
and the clouds dripped with dew.

International Standard Version

By his knowledge the depths broke open, and the clouds drip with dew.

A Conservative Version

By his knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

American Standard Version

By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.

Amplified


By His knowledge the deeps were broken up
And the clouds drip with dew.

Bible in Basic English

By his knowledge the deep was parted, and dew came dropping from the skies.

Darby Translation

By his knowledge the deeps were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

Julia Smith Translation

By his knowledge the depths were rent, and the clouds will drop dew.

King James 2000

By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

Lexham Expanded Bible

With his knowledge, depths broke open, and clouds dropped dew.

Modern King James verseion

By His knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Through his wisdom the depths break up, and the clouds drop down of the dew.

New Heart English Bible

By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

The Emphasized Bible

By his knowledge, the resounding deeps were burst open, and, the skies, drop down dew.

Webster

By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

World English Bible

By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

Youngs Literal Translation

By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

the depths
תּהם תּהום 
T@howm 
Usage: 36

are broken up
בּקע 
Baqa` 
Usage: 51

and the clouds
שׁחק 
Shachaq 
Usage: 21

רעף 
Ra`aph 
Usage: 5

References

Hastings

Dew

Morish

Dew

Context Readings

Role Of Wisdom In Creation And Society

19 By wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding. 20 By his knowledge the primordial sea was broken open, and the clouds drip down dew. 21 My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.



Cross References

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month -- on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Deuteronomy 33:28

Israel lives in safety, the fountain of Jacob is quite secure, in a land of grain and new wine; indeed, its heavens rain down dew.

Genesis 1:9

God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear." It was so.

Genesis 27:28

May God give you the dew of the sky and the richness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

Genesis 27:37-39

Isaac replied to Esau, "Look! I have made him lord over you. I have made all his relatives his servants and provided him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?"

Job 36:27-28

He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist,

Job 38:8-11

"Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb,

Job 38:26-28

to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,

Psalm 65:9-12

You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.

Psalm 104:8-9

as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down -- to the place you appointed for them.

Jeremiah 14:22

Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this."

Joel 2:23

Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the Lord your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains -- both the early and the late rains as formerly.

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