Proverbs 8:25
The mountains, with their great mass, had not yet been established. Before the hills, I was brought forth.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
In Context
26Still he had not made the earth, and the rivers, and the poles of the globe of the earth.
Cross References
Job 15:7Are you the first man who was born, or were you formed before the hills?
Psalms 90:2He will say to the Lord, “You are my supporter and my refuge.” My God, I will hope in him.
Psalms 104:8He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations,
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 →