Proverbs 8:24
even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth:
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
In Context
25before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.
Cross References
Genesis 1:2But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.
Proverbs 3:20By understanding were the depths broken up, and the clouds dropped water.
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 →