Proverbs 8:23
From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
In Context
22The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
24When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
Cross References
Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
Micah 5:1Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
John 17:5And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
Ephesians 1:10as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
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 →