Proverbs 8:24
When I was borne there were neither depthes nor springes of water.
Bible (Bishops')
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 haue ben ordayned from euerlasting, and from the beginning or euer the earth was made.
25Before the foundations of the mountaines were layde: yea before all hilles, was I borne:
Cross References
Genesis 1:2And the earth was without fourme, and was voyde: & darknes [was] vpon the face of the deepe, and the spirite of God moued vpon the face of the waters.
Proverbs 3:20My sonne marke my wordes, and encline thyne eare vnto my sayinges:
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 →