Proverbs 3:19

Bishop's Bible

With wysdome hath the Lorde layde the foundation of the earth, and thorow vnderstanding hath he stablished the heauens.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord founded the earth by wisdomand established the heavens by understanding.

Hebrew Names Version
By wisdom the LORD founded the eretz. By understanding, he established the heavens.

King James Version
The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

English Standard Version
The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;

New Century Version
The Lord made the earth, using his wisdom. He set the sky in place, using his understanding.

New English Translation
By wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.

Amplified Bible
The LORD by His wisdom has founded the earth; By His understanding He has established the heavens.

New American Standard Bible
The LORD founded the earth by wisdom, He established the heavens by understanding.

World English Bible
By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lorde by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh by wisdom founded the earth,By discernment He established the heavens.

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.

Contemporary English Version
By his wisdom and knowledge the Lord created heaven and earth.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai by wisdom founded the earth, by understanding he established the heavens,

Darby Translation
Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.

Easy-to-Read Version
With wisdom and understanding, the Lord created the earth and sky.

George Lamsa Translation
The LORD by his wisdom has founded the earth; by his understanding he established the heavens.

Good News Translation
The Lord created the earth by his wisdom; by his knowledge he set the sky in place.

Lexham English Bible
Yahweh in wisdom founded the earth; he established the heavens in understanding.

Literal Translation
Jehovah founded the earth by wisdom; He founded the heavens by understanding;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
With wy?dome hath ye LORDE layed the foudacion of ye earth, & thorow vnderstondinge hath he stablished ye heaues.

American Standard Version
Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.

Bible in Basic English
The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens.

King James Version (1611)
The Lord by wisedome hath founded the earth; by vnderstanding hath he established the heauens.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens.

English Revised Version
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord foundide the erthe bi wisdom; he stablischide heuenes bi prudence.

Update Bible Version
Yahweh by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

New King James Version
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding He established the heavens;

New Living Translation
By wisdom the Lord founded the earth; by understanding he created the heavens.

New Life Bible
The Lord built the earth by wisdom. He built the heavens by understanding.

New Revised Standard
The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yahweh, in wisdom, founded the earth, establishing the heavens with understanding;

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, hath established the heavens by prudence.

Revised Standard Version
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.

THE MESSAGE
With Lady Wisdom, God formed Earth; with Madame Insight, he raised Heaven. They knew when to signal rivers and springs to the surface, and dew to descend from the night skies.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth, By understanding He established the heavens.

Contextual Overview

¹³ Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng: ¹⁴ For the marchaundise of it, is better then the marchaundise of siluer, and the gayne therof [is better] then golde. ¹⁵ She is more worth then pretious stones: and all the thinges that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her. ¹⁶ In her right hande is long life, and in her left hande riches and honour. ¹⁷ Her wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all her pathes are peaceable. ¹⁸ She is a tree of lyfe to them that lay holde vpon her: and blessed is he that kepeth her fast. ¹⁹ With wysdome hath the Lorde layde the foundation of the earth, and thorow vnderstanding hath he stablished the heauens. ²⁰ Thorow his knowledge the deapthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the deawe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lord: Proverbs 8:27-29, Psalms 104:24, Psalms 136:5, Jeremiah 10:12, Jeremiah 51:15, John 1:3

established: or, prepared

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:1 - God Job 28:12 - General Job 37:16 - perfect Proverbs 8:22 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
And Adam said: The woman whom thou gauest [to be] with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I dyd eate.

Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God sayd vnto the woman: Why hast thou done this? And the woman sayde: the serpent begyled me, and I dyd eate.

Genesis 3:16
But vnto the woman he sayde: I wyll very much multiplie thy sorowe, and thy griefes of chylde bearyng, In sorowe shalt thou bring foorth children: thy desire [shalbe] to thy husbande, and he shall haue the rule of thee.

Genesis 3:21
Unto Adam also and to his wyfe dyd the Lorde God make garments of skynnes, and he put them on.

Genesis 3:22
And the Lorde God sayde: Beholde, the man is become as one of vs, in knowing good and euyll: And now lest peraduenture he put foorth his hande, and take also of the tree of lyfe and eate, and lyue for euer.

Genesis 18:27
And Abraham aunsweryng, sayde: beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto the Lorde, whiche am but dust and asshes.

Genesis 23:4
I am a straunger and a foriner amongest you: geue me a possession to bury in with you, that I may bury my corse out of my sight.

Job 1:21
And sayde: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, & naked shall I turne thyther againe: The Lorde gaue & the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lorde.

Job 19:26
And though after my skinne the [wormes] destroy this body, yet shall I see God in my fleshe:

Job 21:26
They shall sleepe both alyke in the earth, and the wormes shall couer them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth,.... He has created all things, and made the world by his Son, the Wisdom of God, Ephesians 3:9 Hebrews 1:2; not using him as an instrument; but, he being an efficient cause with him, to him, as to the first cause, the creation of all things is ascribed, John 1:1; and particularly the laying the foundation of the earth, Hebrews 1:10; and though this is true of the divine perfection of wisdom, Jeremiah 10:12; yet from the context it appears best to understand it of the essential Wisdom of God, Christ Jesus; the Jerusalem Targum of Genesis 1:1; is, "by wisdom God created", c. and this serves greatly to set forth the dignity and excellency of Wisdom, or Christ, and so the happiness of that man that finds him with this the account of him is closed and crowned;

by understanding hath he established the heavens: or prepared, adorned, and beautified them, by placing the luminaries in them, and directing their station, motion, and influence; the making of the heavens, with all the host of them, is ascribed to the essential Word or Wisdom of God, Psalms 33:6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hereto Wisdom has been thought of in relation to men. Now the question comes, What is she in relation to God? and the answer is, that the creative act implies a Divine Wisdom, through which the Divine will acts. This thought, developed in Proverbs 8:0, is the first link in the chain which connects this “Wisdom” with the Divine Word, the Logos of John’s Gospel. Compare Psalms 33:6; John 1:3. The words of the writer of the Proverbs take their place among the proofs of the dogmatic statements of the Nicene Creed.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 3:19. The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth — Here wisdom is taken in its proper acceptation, for that infinite knowledge and skill which God has manifested in the creation and composition of the earth, and in the structure and economy of the heavens. He has established the order as well as the essence of all things; so that though they vary in their positions, c., yet they never change either their places, or their properties. Composition and analysis are not essential changes the original particles, their forms and properties, remain the same.