Proverbs 8:24
When there were no tehomot, 1 I was brought forth; 1 when there were no springs abounding with mayim. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 set up [to reign] me'olam (from eternity), 1 from the beginning, or ever eretz was. 1
25Before the harim were settled, 1 before the geva'ot (hills) was I brought forth; 1
Cross References
Genesis 1:2And the earth was tohu vavohu (without form, and void); and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Ruach Elohim was hovering upon the face of the waters.
Proverbs 3:20By His da'as (knowledge) the tehomot (oceanic depths) were divided, 1 and the clouds drop down the tal (dew). 1
John 3:16For Hashem so had ahavah (agape) for the Olam Hazeh that Hashem gave the matanah (gift) + 3:16 Isa 9:6 [5] of Hashemʼs Ben Yechid, + 3:16 Gn 22:12; Prov 30:4; 8:30 so that whosoever has emunah in him may not be ne'evad (lost, perish, be ruined with destruction), but find Chayyei Olam. + 3:16 Dan 12:2
Hebrews 1:5For to which of the malachim did Hashem ever say, BENI ATAH, ANI HAYOM YELIDTICHA (My Son you are; today I have become your Father)? + 1:5 Ps 2:7 And again, ANI EH'H'YEH LO L'AV V'HU YIHEYEH LI L'BEN (I will be to Him a Father and He will be to Me as a Son)? + 1:5 2Sm 7:14
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 →