Proverbs 8:25

Before the harim were settled, 1 before the geva'ot (hills) was I brought forth; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

In Context

24When there were no tehomot, 1 I was brought forth; 1 when there were no springs abounding with mayim. 1

26While as yet He had not made eretz, nor the outer places, 1 nor the beginning of the dust of the tevel. 1

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Cross References

Job 15:7Art thou harishon adam (the first man) that was born? 1 Or wast thou made before the hills? 1

Psalms 90:2Before the harim were brought forth, 1 or ever Thou hadst formed eretz and the tevel (inhabited world), 1 even from olam ad olam, 1 Thou art El (G-d). 1

Psalms 104:8They go up by the harim (mountains); 1 they go down by the beka'ot (valleys) 1 unto the makom (place) which Thou hast assigned for them. 1

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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