Proverbs 8:24
The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived. neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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, and of old before the earth was made.
Cross References
Genesis 1:2And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
Proverbs 3:20By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew
John 3:16For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting.
Hebrews 1:5For to which of the angels hath he said at any time, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a 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 →