Proverbs 8:30

then I was by him [his] nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

Darby Translation

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 imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

31rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights [were] with the sons of men.

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Cross References

Isaiah 42:1Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect [in whom] my soul delighteth! I will put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the nations.

Matthew 17:5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, *This* is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight: hear him.

John 1:18No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, *he* hath declared [him].

John 16:28I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I leave 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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