Proverbs 3:20
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
- KJV
- By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
- WEB
- By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
- ASV
- By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.
- DARBY
- By his knowledge the deeps were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
- BLB
- by His knowledge the depths have been broken up, and the clouds dripped dew.
- ÅB
- Ved hans kunnskap vellet de dype vann fram, og ved den lar skyene dugg dryppe ned.
- OTB
- Ved hans kunnskap ble dypene delt, og skyene drypper dugg.
- B1930
- Ved hans kunnskap vellet de dype vann frem, og ved den lar skyene dugg dryppe ned.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Read in contextPsalms 65:9–12
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Read in contextJob 36:27–28
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
Read in contextGenesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Read in contextGenesis 27:28
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Read in contextJob 38:26–28
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
Read in contextJob 38:8–11
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Read in contextGenesis 27:37–39
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
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