Proverbs 8:23

From eternity was I appointed chief, from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.

Leeser Tanakh

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 the beginning of his way, the first of his works from the commencement,

24When there were yet no depths, was I brought forth; when there were yet no springs laden heavily with water.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and they shall have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Micah 5:1(4:14) Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops; they lay siege against us: with the rod they smite upon the cheek the judge of Israel.

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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