Proverbs 8:24
When there were yet no depths, was I brought forth; when there were yet no springs laden heavily with water.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
In Context
23From eternity was I appointed chief, from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.
25Before the mountains were yet sunk down, before the hills was I brought forth:
Cross References
Genesis 1:2And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God was waving over the face of the waters.
Proverbs 3:20By his knowledge were the depths split open, 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 →