Proverbs 8:31

Playing in the world, his earth; and having my delights with the sons of men.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

In Context

30Then was I near him, as a nursling: and I was day by day [his] delights, playing before him at all times;

32And now, O children [of men], hearken unto me! for happy those that observe my ways.

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Cross References

Psalms 16:3[But] in the saints who are on the earth, and in the excellent—in them is all my delight.

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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