Proverbs 8:25

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

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

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 90:2He shall say to the Lord: Thou art my protector, and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust.

Psalms 104:8He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

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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