Proverbs 8:25

I was born before the hills and mountains were formed;

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

24I was born before the oceans were created, when there were no springs from which water flowed.

26I, wisdom, was born before Yahweh made the earth, before he made the fields and the soil on the earth.

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Cross References

Job 15:7“Tell me do you know more than everyone else because you think that you are the first person who was ever born? [SAR, RHQ] Were you born before the hills were created?

Psalms 90:2Before you created the mountains, before you formed the earth and everything that is in it, you were eternally God, and you will be God forever.

Psalms 104:8Mountains rose up from the water, and the valleys sank down to the levels that you had determined for them.

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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