Proverbs 8:22–23

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way,

Before his works of old.

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,

Or ever the earth was.