Proverbs 8:29

29. Should not pass his commandment קיו , his mouth, that is, the mouth of the sea, used tropically the edge, margin, shore. Should not pass over its shore.

Foundations of the earth Or, land. ארצ , ( erets,) stands opposed to ים , ( yam,) sea, and should, probably, be rendered land. The solid land, with its everlasting rocks as its foundations, constitutes the barrier of the sea, keeping it within its appointed limits. Translation: “When he defined to the sea its statute, (limit,) that the waters should not pass over its shore: when he decreed, (marked out,) the foundations of the land. Comp. Genesis 1:9-10; Job 38:4; Job 38:10-11.