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Proverbs 3:20

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Dew;   God Continued...;   Knowledge;   Strife;   Wisdom;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Call, Divine;   Dew;   God's;   Knowledge;   Knowledge-Ignorance;   Meteorology;   Wisdom;   Wisdom-Folly;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Clouds;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Dew;   Proverbs, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Dew;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Dew;   Drop, Dropping;   Sky;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bezalel;   Cosmogony;   Judaism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
By his knowledge the watery depths broke open,and the clouds dripped with dew.
Hebrew Names Version
By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.
King James Version
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
English Standard Version
by his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the clouds drop down the dew.
New Century Version
With his knowledge, he made springs flow into rivers and the clouds drop rain on the earth.
New English Translation
By his knowledge the primordial sea was broken open, and the clouds drip down dew.
New American Standard Bible
By His knowledge the ocean depths were burst open, And the clouds drip with dew.
World English Bible
By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.
Geneva Bible (1587)
By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.
Legacy Standard Bible
By His knowledge the deeps were split upAnd the skies drip with dew.
Berean Standard Bible
By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
Contemporary English Version
By his understanding he let the ocean break loose and clouds release the rain.
Complete Jewish Bible
by his knowledge the deep [springs] burst open and the dew condenses from the sky.
Darby Translation
By his knowledge the deeps were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
Easy-to-Read Version
With his knowledge, he made the oceans and the clouds that produce rain.
George Lamsa Translation
By his knowledge the depths are broken up and the clouds drop down the dew.
Good News Translation
His wisdom caused the rivers to flow and the clouds to give rain to the earth.
Lexham English Bible
With his knowledge, depths broke open, and clouds dropped dew.
Literal Translation
the depths were broken up by His knowledge, and the clouds dropped down the dew.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thorow his wi?dome ye depthes breake vp, & ye cloudes droppe downe the dew.
American Standard Version
By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.
Bible in Basic English
By his knowledge the deep was parted, and dew came dropping from the skies.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
By His knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
King James Version (1611)
By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp; and the cloudes droppe downe the dew.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thorow his knowledge the deapthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the deawe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
By understanding were the depths broken up, and the clouds dropped water.
English Revised Version
By his knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The depthis of watris braken out bi his wisdom; and cloudis wexen togidere bi dewe.
Update Bible Version
By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.
Webster's Bible Translation
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
New King James Version
By His knowledge the depths were broken up, And clouds drop down the dew.
New Living Translation
By his knowledge the deep fountains of the earth burst forth, and the dew settles beneath the night sky.
New Life Bible
By what He knows, the seas were broken up and water falls from the sky.
New Revised Standard
by his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the clouds drop down the dew.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
By his knowledge, the resounding deeps were burst open, and, the skies, drop down dew.
Douay-Rheims Bible
By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew.
Revised Standard Version
by his knowledge the deeps broke forth, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Young's Literal Translation
By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
By His knowledge the deeps were broken up And the skies drip with dew.

Contextual Overview

13Happy [blessed, considered fortunate, to be admired] is the man who finds [skillful and godly] wisdom, And the man who gains understanding and insight [learning from God's word and life's experiences], 14For wisdom's profit is better than the profit of silver, And her gain is better than fine gold. 15She is more precious than rubies; And nothing you can wish for compares with her [in value]. 16Long life is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor. 17Her ways are highways of pleasantness and favor, And all her paths are peace. 18She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy [blessed, considered fortunate, to be admired] is everyone who holds her tightly. 19The LORD by His wisdom has founded the earth; By His understanding He has established the heavens. 20By His knowledge the deeps were broken up And the clouds drip with dew.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the depths: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 7:11, Job 38:8-11, Psalms 104:8, Psalms 104:9

the clouds: Genesis 27:28, Genesis 27:37-39, Deuteronomy 33:28, Job 36:27, Job 36:28, Job 38:26-28, Psalms 65:9-12, Jeremiah 14:22, Joel 2:23

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 33:13 - the dew Job 37:16 - perfect Job 38:28 - dew Psalms 104:24 - in wisdom Psalms 136:5 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 2:20
And the man gave names to all the livestock, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper [that was] suitable (a companion) for him.
Genesis 2:23
Then Adam said, "This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man."
Genesis 5:29
He named him Noah, saying, "This one shall bring us rest and comfort from our work and from the [dreadful] toil of our hands because of the ground which the LORD cursed."
Genesis 16:11
The Angel of the LORD continued, "Behold, you are with child, And you will bear a son; And you shall name him Ishmael (God hears), Because the LORD has heard and paid attention to your persecution (suffering).
Genesis 35:18
And as her soul was departing, (for she died), she named him Ben-oni (son of my sorrow); but his father called him Benjamin (son of the right hand).
Exodus 2:10
And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."
1 Samuel 1:20
It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; she named him Samuel, saying, "Because I have asked for him from the LORD."
Matthew 1:21
"She will give birth to a Son, and you shall name Him Jesus (The LORD is salvation), for He will save His people from their sins."
Matthew 1:23
"BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL"—which, when translated, means, "GOD WITH US."
Acts 17:26
"And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands and territories.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

By his knowledge the depths are broken up,.... From whence fountains and rivers flow, and whereby that great cavity was made which holds that large confluence of waters called the sea, Genesis 1:9. Some refer this to the breaking up the fountains of the great deep at the flood, Genesis 7:11; and others to the dividing of the waters of the Red sea when Israel came out of Egypt, Psalms 78:13; all wonderful works of divine wisdom, and show the greatness of him, in whom are "hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge", Colossians 2:3, by whom they were done;

and the clouds drop down the dew; which makes the earth fruitful, and is put for all the blessings of nature, Genesis 27:28; the drops of dew are begotten by the Lord, they have no other father but him; the vanities of the Gentiles cannot produce them; he who fills the clouds with them, from whence they descend, is no other than the mighty God; and such is Christ the Wisdom of God. Some understand this in a mystical sense of Gospel ministers, and of the dew of Gospel doctrine, dropped and distilled by them under the influence and direction of Christ; see

Deuteronomy 32:2; but the literal sense is best.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Genesis 1:7; Genesis 7:11; Job 38:0. Looking upon the face of Nature, men see two storehouses of the living water, without which it would be waste and barren. From the “depths” rush forth the surging waves, from the “clouds” falls the gentle rain or “dew;” but both alike are ordered by the Divine Wisdom.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 3:20. By his knowledge the depths are broken up — He determined in his wisdom how to break up the fountains of the great deep, so as to bring a flood of waters upon the earth; and by his knowledge those fissures in the earth through which springs of water arise have been appointed and determined; and it is by his skill and influence that vapours are exhaled, suspended in the atmosphere, and afterwards precipitated on the earth in rain, dews, &c. Thus the wisest of men attributes those effects which we suppose to spring from natural causes to the Supreme Being himself.


 
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