Proverbs 8:24
When there were no depths, I was born, 2 when there were no springs abounding with water. 1
One Unity Resource 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 from everlasting, from the beginning, 2 before the earth existed. 1
25Before the mountains were settled in place, 2 before the hills, I was born; 1
Cross References
Genesis 1:2Earth was tohu v'bohu ·void and chaos·. + 1:2. MPr: The expression, “Spirit of God,” (Gen 1:2) is explained as “the Spirit of the King Messiah” (Is 11:2). In the phrase “moving on the face of the deep,” the deep waters represent repentance (Lam 2:19). (Mishnah 2, Mishnah 8, and Midrash Leviticus 14). (Matt 23:31-39; Luke 19:41-44) Darkness was on the surface of the deep and Ruach Elohim ·Spirit, Breath of God· was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Proverbs 3:20By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, 2 and the skies drop down the dew. 1
John 3:16+ 3:16 (16-19) MP: Messiah brings the time of God’s judgment and vengeance. (Is 61:2b) For God has agapao ·total devotion love· to the inhabitants of the earth, so he gave his one and only Son, that whoever trusts in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
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 →