Proverbs 8:22–23
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22mThe Lord npossessed me oin pthe beginning of his way,
Before his works qof old.
23I was rset up from everlasting, from the beginning,
sOr ever the earth was.
Footnotes
- mWisd. 9:9. To ver. 31, Job 28:25–28.
- nHeb. as ch. 1:5. & 4:5, 7, &c. Eccles. 2:7. So correct Gen. 14:19, 22. Ps. 139:13. Jer. 32:15. So ch. 15:32. & 18:15. & 19:8. & 23:23. Zech. 11:5.
- oGen. 1:1. John 1:1. So Ps. 45:6.
- pch. 4:7 (Heb.). Ecclus. 24:9. Comp. Job 40:19.
- qSee Ps. 93:2 marg.
- rSo Ps. 2:6 and marg.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work,
the first of his acts of old.
Ages ago I was set up,
at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,
before his deeds of old;
I was formed long ages ago,
at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“The Lord acquired me
at the beginning of his creation,
before his works of long ago.
I was formed before ancient times,
from the beginning, before the earth began.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“The Lord formed me from the beginning,
before he created anything else.
I was appointed in ages past,
at the very first, before the earth began.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“Yahweh created me, the first of his ways,
before his acts of old.
From eternity, I was set up from the first,
from the beginning of the earth.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press