Proverbs 8:24
When there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
In Context
23From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.
25Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:
Cross References
Genesis 1:2And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.
Proverbs 3:20By his knowledge the deep was parted, and dew came dropping from the skies.
John 3:16For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
Hebrews 1:5To which of the angels did God say at any time, You are my Son, this day I have given you being? or, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son?
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 →