Proverbs 8:22
Hashem possessed + 8:22 “By examining the total range of attestation of the verb Kuf Nun Heh in West Semitic we have been able to discover that the correct translation of the epithet ‘Kuf Nun Heh ARETZ’ is ‘Owner/Possessor of the land,’ not ‘Creator’ or ‘Begetter.’ The common assumption that Kuf Nun Heh in West Semitic means ‘to create’ is actually a scholarly heritage of interpretation related to a few select biblical passages going all the way back to the Septuagint translation, which has colored and shaped the way that Northwest Semitic inscriptions in our time have been read and understood” (from the article אל קנה ארץ: Creator, Begetter, or Owner of the Earth?) See https://www.religionofancientpalestine.com/?page_id=544 me in the reshit of His derech, 1 before His works of old. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
In Context
21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; 1 and I will fill their otzarot. 1
23I was set up [to reign] me'olam (from eternity), 1 from the beginning, or ever eretz was. 1
Cross References
Job 28:26When He made a decree for the matar, 1 and a derech for the lightning of the thunder, 1
Psalms 104:24Hashem, how manifold are Thy ma'asim! 1 In chochmah (wisdom) + 104:24 cf Ps 33:6; Yn 1:1 hast Thou made them all; 1 ha'aretz is full of Thy riches. 1
John 1:1Bereshis (in the Beginning) was the Dvar Hashem, + 1:1 Isa 55:11; Gn 1:3 and the Dvar Hashem was agav (along with, etzel) + 1:1 Prov 8:30; 30:4 Hashem, and the Dvar Hashem was nothing less, by nature, than Elohim! + 1:1 Ps 56:10 [11]; Yn 17:5; Rv 19:13 i.e., the Ma'amar Memra
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:13-22
The Advantages of Wisdom. 12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. 13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. 14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. 15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. 16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. 17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. 18 Riches and honour are with me;… Read the whole commentary →