Proverbs 8:25
Before the mountains were settled 1 and before the hills, I was born. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
In Context
24Before there were oceans, I was given birth— 1 before there were springs abounding with water. 1
26I was born before Yahweh had made the earth or the fields, 1 or even the first dust in the world. 1
Cross References
Job 15:7Are you the first man that was born? 1 Were you brought into existence before the hills? 1
Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were formed, 1 or you formed the earth and the world, 1 from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. 1
Psalms 104:8The mountains rose, and the valleys spread out 1 into the places that you had appointed 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 →