Proverbs 3:20 “By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dr…”

Proverbs 3:20

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“the depths”

Genesis 7:11 Genesis 1:9 Job 38:8–11 Psalm 104:8 Psalm 104:9

Genesis 7:11 · BSB

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Genesis 1:9 · BSB

And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

Job 38:8–11 · BSB

Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

Psalm 104:8 · BSB

the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—

Psalm 104:9 · BSB

You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.

“the clouds”

Psalm 65:9–12 Genesis 27:28 Job 38:26–28 Genesis 27:37–39 Deuteronomy 33:28 Jeremiah 14:22

Psalm 65:9–12 · BSB

You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.

Genesis 27:28 · BSB

May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth— an abundance of grain and new wine.

Job 38:26–28 · BSB

to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,

Genesis 27:37–39 · BSB

But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”

Deuteronomy 33:28 · BSB

So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.

Jeremiah 14:22 · BSB

Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.

21My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.

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