Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 8:29 in English Standard Version "when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth," Ge 1:9 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. Job 26:10 He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. Ps 104:5 He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.