Proverbs 8:26

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

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

In Context

25I was born before the hills and mountains were formed;

27I was there when Yahweh put the sky in place, when he marked the place in the distance where the sky and the oceans seem to come together.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:1Long, long ago God created the heavens and the earth.

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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