Proverbs 8:24
When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water.
Darby Translation
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 set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.
25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
Cross References
Genesis 1:2And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Proverbs 3:20By his knowledge the deeps were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.
Hebrews 1:5For to which of the angels said he ever, *Thou* art my Son: this day have *I* begotten thee? and again, *I* will be to him for father, and *he* shall be to me for 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 →