Proverbs 8:24
In there being no depths, I was brought forth, || In there being no fountains heavy [with] waters,
Literal Standard Version
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 anointed from the age, from the first, || From former states of the earth.
25Before mountains were sunk, || Before heights, I was brought forth.
Cross References
Genesis 1:2and the earth was formless and void, and darkness [was] on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God [was] fluttering on the face of the waters,
Proverbs 3:20By His knowledge depths have been broken, || And clouds drop dew.
John 3:16for God so loved the world that He gave the only begotten Son, that everyone who is believing in Him may not perish, but may have continuous life.
Hebrews 1:5For to which of the messengers did He ever say, “You are My Son—today I have begotten You?” And again, “I will be to Him for a Father, and He will be to Me for a Son?”
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 →