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Proverbs 3

Prov. 3:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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By his knowledge
da`ath (Hebrew #1847)
knowledge
KJV usage: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
Pronounce: dah'-ath
Origin: from 3045
the depths
thowm (Hebrew #8415)
(usually feminine) from 1949; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water-supply)
KJV usage: deep (place), depth.
Pronounce: teh-home'
Origin: or thom {teh-home'}
are brokeny up
baqa` (Hebrew #1234)
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
KJV usage: make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.
Pronounce: baw-kah'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the clouds
shachaq (Hebrew #7834)
a powder (as beaten small): by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
KJV usage: cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.
Pronounce: shakh'-ak
Origin: from 7833
drop down
ra`aph (Hebrew #7491)
to drip
KJV usage: distil, drop (down).
Pronounce: raw-af'
Origin: a primitive root
thez dew
tal (Hebrew #2919)
dew (as covering vegetation)
KJV usage: dew.
Pronounce: tal
Origin: from 2926
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Gen. 7:11• 11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. (Gen. 7:11)
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Job 36:27• 27For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth, (Job 36:27)

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Cross References

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the depths.
Gen. 1:9• 9And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so. (Gen. 1:9)
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Gen. 7:11• 11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. (Gen. 7:11)
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Job 38:8‑11• 8And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
 9When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
 10When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? (Job 38:8‑11)
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Psa. 104:8‑9• 8The mountains rose, the valleys sank, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them;--
 9Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth. (Psa. 104:8‑9)
the clouds.
Gen. 27:28,37‑39• 28And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of corn and new wine.
 37And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him lord over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and with corn and new wine have I supplied him--and what can I do now for thee, my son?
 38And Esau said to his father, Hast thou then but one blessing, my father? bless me--me also, my father! And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
 39And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, And of the dew of heaven from above; (Gen. 27:28,37‑39)
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Deut. 33:28• 28And Israel shall dwell in safety alone, The fountain of Jacob, in a land of corn and new wine; Also his heavens shall drop down dew. (Deut. 33:28)
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Job 36:27‑28• 27For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
 28Which the skies pour down and drop upon man abundantly. (Job 36:27‑28)
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Job 38:26‑28• 26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
 27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?
 28Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew? (Job 38:26‑28)
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Psa. 65:9‑12• 9Thou hast visited the earth, thou hast watered it; thou greatly enrichest it: the river of God is full of water; thou providest their corn, when thou hast so prepared it:
 10Thou dost satiate its furrows, thou smoothest its clods, thou makest it soft with showers; thou blessest the springing thereof.
 11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness:
 12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness, and the hills are girded with gladness. (Psa. 65:9‑12)
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Jer. 14:22• 22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou HE, Jehovah, our God? And we wait upon thee; for thou hast made all these things. (Jer. 14:22)
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Joel 2:23• 23And ye, children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the early rain in due measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the early rain, and the latter rain at the beginning of the season. (Joel 2:23)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "were torn up." see Gen. 7.11; or "burst forth."