Proverbs 8:24
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
Cross References
Genesis 1:2Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
Proverbs 3:20By His knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
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 →