Proverbs 8:23

I was anointed from everlasting, From the beginning, even before the earth was made.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

In Context

22“The LORD created me, the firstling of his course, Before his works, of old;

24When as yet there were no deeps, I was brought forth. When there were no springs, abounding with water.

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Cross References

Micah 5:1Yet now gather yourselves in troops, O people of troops! They lay siege against us; With a rod they smite the cheek of the judge of Israel.

John 17:5and now, Father! do thou glorify me with thyself, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

Ephesians 1:10in reference to the dispensation of the fullness of the times, to gather for himself into one all things in Christ, the things which are in the heavens, and the things on the earth; even 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 →

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