Proverbs 8:26
while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
25before the mountains were settled, before the hills. I was brought forth
27When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
Cross References
Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:23-32
Wisdom Eternal and Divine. 22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when… Read the whole commentary →