Proverbs 8:25
Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was born;
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
In Context
24When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water.
26while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
Cross References
Job 15:7“Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?
Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
Psalms 104:8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to 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 →