Proverbs 8:25

The mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

In Context

24The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived. neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out:

26He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.

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Cross References

Job 15:7Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills ?

Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.

Psalms 104:8The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them.

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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