Proverbs 8:23
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
In Context
22“The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
24When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water.
Cross References
Genesis 1:26God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Micah 5:1Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
John 17:5Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
Ephesians 1:10to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him.
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 →