Proverbs 8:23
I was anointed from the age, from the first, || From former states of the earth.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
In Context
22YHWH possessed me—the beginning of His way, || Before His works since then.
24In there being no depths, I was brought forth, || In there being no fountains heavy [with] waters,
Cross References
Genesis 1:26And God says, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over [the] fish of the sea, and over [the] bird of the heavens, and over livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.”
Micah 5:1Now gather yourself together, O daughter of troops, || He has laid a siege against us, || They strike [the] judge of Israel on the cheek with a rod.
John 17:5And now, glorify Me, You Father, with Yourself, with the glory that I had with You before the world was;
Ephesians 1:10in regard to the dispensation of the fullness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth—in Him;
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 →