Amsal 8:27

8:27 When he established the heavens, I was there;

when he marked out the horizon ¹  over the face of the deep,

Amsal 8:29

8:29 when he gave the sea his decree

that the waters should not pass over his command, ² 

when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

[8:27]  ¹ sn The infinitive construct בְּחוּקוֹ (bÿkhuqo, “to cut; to engrave; to mark”) and the noun חוּג (khug, “horizon; circle”) form a paronomasia in the line.

[8:29]  ² tn Heb “his mouth.”