Proverbs 8:25
I was born before the mountains or the hills had been formed,
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
In Context
24I was born when there were no ocean depths, when there were no springs pouring out water.
26when he hadn't made the earth and its fields or any of the earth's dust.
Cross References
Job 15:7Were you the very first person to be born? Were you born before the hills were created?
Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the universe, from eternity past to eternity future, you are God.
Psalms 104:8The mountains rose up and the valleys sank down to where you had determined.
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 →