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Proverbs 8:22–26

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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.

24When there were no tdepths, I was ubrought forth;

When there were no fountains abounding with water.

25Before the mountains vwere settled,

wBefore the hills was I ubrought forth:

26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the ||fields,

Nor ||the xhighest part of the dust of the world.

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Footnotes

  1. mWisd. 9:9. To ver. 31, Job 28:25–28.
  2. 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.
  3. oGen. 1:1. John 1:1. So Ps. 45:6.
  4. pch. 4:7 (Heb.). Ecclus. 24:9. Comp. Job 40:19.
  5. qSee Ps. 93:2 marg.
  6. rSo Ps. 2:6 and marg.
  7. tch. 3:20. So ver. 27, 28. Gen. 1:2.
  8. uSee Job 15:7. So Ps. 51:5 (Heb.).
  9. vSee Job 38:6 marg.
  10. uSee Job 15:7. So Ps. 51:5 (Heb.).
  11. ||Or, open places. See Job 5:10.
  12. ||Or, the chief part. So Ezra 5:10.
  13. x1 King. 21:9 marg.

Cross references

  1. sJohn 17:5.
  2. wPs. 90:2.

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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.

When there were no depths I was brought forth,

when there were no springs abounding with water.

Before the mountains had been shaped,

before the hills, I was brought forth,

before he had made the earth with its fields,

or the first of the dust of the world.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

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.

When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,

when there were no springs overflowing with water;

before the mountains were settled in place,

before the hills, I was given birth,

before he made the world or its fields

or any of the dust of the earth.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

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.

I was born

when there were no watery depths

and no springs filled with water.

Before the mountains

were established, prior to the hills, I was given birth—

before he made the land, the fields,

or the first soil on earth.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

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.

I was born before the oceans were created,

before the springs bubbled forth their waters.

Before the mountains were formed,

before the hills, I was born—

before he had made the earth and fields

and the first handfuls of soil.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

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.

When there were no depths, I was brought forth,

when there were no springs of abounding water.

Before mountains had been shaped,

before hills, I was brought forth.

When he had not yet made earth and fields,

or the first dust of the world,

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press