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Proverbs 8:23–26

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23“From everlasting I was 1aestablished,

From the beginning, bfrom the earliest times of the earth.

24“When there were no adepths I was 1brought forth,

When there were no springs abounding with water.

25“aBefore the mountains were settled,

Before the hills I was 1brought forth;

26While He had not yet made the earth and the 1fields,

Nor the first dust of the world.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or consecrated
  2. 1Or born
  3. 1Or born
  4. 1Lit outside places

Cross references

  1. aJohn 1:1–3
  2. bJohn 17:5
  3. aGen 1:2; Ex 15:5; Job 38:16; Prov 3:20
  4. aJob 15:7; Ps 90:2

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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,

KJV 1900King James Version

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,

Or ever the earth was.

When there were no depths, I was brought forth;

When there were no fountains abounding with water.

Before the mountains were settled,

Before the hills was I brought forth:

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

Nor the highest part of the dust of the world.