Proverbs 8:28 – Matty (Headwind)

March 8, 2021

Mist or Steam?

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
(Genesis 2:5-6) KJV

The context of the mist that went up is important. It’s part of the narrative of the week of creation when the fountains of the great deep had to be sealed after the deep had drained through them into the interior of the Earth.

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Strengthened: בַּ֝עֲז֗וֹז – baazoz

When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
(Proverbs 8:28) KJV

When we look at the Hebrew word translated as strengthened we find an example of the theologians of yesteryear fudging their data. The word has been assigned to the root עָזַז – azaz, no doubt because it makes sense.