I was there when he established the heavens, when he marked out the horizon on the deep sea,
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: When he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
When He prepared the heavens, I [Wisdom] was there; when He drew a circle upon the face of the deep and stretched out the firmament over it,
When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
I was already present: when he prepared the heavens; when, with a certain law and a circuit, he fortified the abyss;
When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:
