Proverbs 8:24
The abyss did not yet exist, and I was already conceived; neither had the fountains of waters yet erupted.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
In Context
23I was ordained from eternity, and out of antiquity, before the earth was formed.
Cross References
Genesis 1:2But the earth was empty and unoccupied, and darknesses were over the face of the abyss; and so the Spirit of God was brought over the waters.
Proverbs 3:20By his wisdom, the abyss erupted and the clouds increased with dew.
John 3:16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
Hebrews 1:5For to which of the Angels has he ever said: “You are my Son; today have I begotten you?” Or again: “I will be a Father to him, and he shall be a Son to me?”
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 →