# General Information:

Wisdom continues to speak. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

# established

brought into permanent being

# when the springs in the deep became fixed

This can be put into active form. AT: "when God fixed the springs in the deep" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# the springs in the deep

The ancient Hebrews thought that the ocean got its water from springs at the bottom of the sea.

# when he made his limit for the sea

"when he created the shorelines for the oceans. The "limit for the sea" divided the oceans from the dry land.

# when there was set the limit for the foundations of the dry land

The Hebrew word for "earth" also often means "land."

# when there was set the limit for the foundations of the dry land

This can be put into active form. AT: "when God set the limit for the foundations of the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fountain]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/foundation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]