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742 B
Wisdom continues to speak. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
established
brought into being on a stable basis
the skies above
As the UDB shows, this could be translated as either "skies above" or "clouds above."
when he made the fountains of the deep
when he made the fountains of the deep - "when he made the water from the springs under the deep oceans to flow up strongly"
when he made limits for the sea
"when he created the shorelines for the oceans"
when he ordered where the foundations of the earth should be placed
The "foundations of the earth" and the "limits for the sea" divided the oceans from "the land." The Hebrew word for "earth" also often means "land."