Proverbs 8:23
I was ordained from eternity, and out of antiquity, before the earth was formed.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
In Context
22The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything, from the beginning.
Cross References
Genesis 1:26And he said: “Let us make Man to our image and likeness. And let him rule over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and the wild beasts, and the entire earth, and every animal that moves on the earth.”
Micah 5:1Now you will be devastated, you daughter of a robber. They have placed a blockade against us, with a rod they will strike the jaw of the judge of Israel.
John 17:5And now Father, glorify me within yourself, with the glory that I had with you before the world ever was.
Ephesians 1:10in the dispensation of the fullness of time, so as to renew in Christ everything that exists through him in heaven and on 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 →