Proverbs 8:30

Then I was by his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

In Context

29When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

31Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.

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Cross References

Isaiah 42:1See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.

Matthew 17:5While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

John 1:18No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

John 16:28I came out from the Father and have come into the world: again, I go away from the world and go to the Father.

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 →

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