Proverbs 8:30

Then was I with him as a nourisher, and I was dayly his delight reioycing alway before him,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

In Context

29When he gaue his decree to the Sea, that the waters shoulde not passe his commandement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

31And tooke my solace in the compasse of his earth: and my delite is with the children of men.

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Cross References

Isaiah 42:1Behold, my seruaunt: I will stay vpon him: mine elect, in whom my soule deliteth: I haue put my Spirit vpon him: he shall bring forth iudgement to the Gentiles.

Matthew 17:5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloude shadowed them: and beholde, there came a voyce out of the cloude, saying, This is that my beloued Sonne, in whom I am well pleased: heare him.

John 1:18No man hath seene God at any time: that onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hath declared him.

John 16:28I am come out from the Father, and came into the worlde: againe I leaue the worlde, and goe to the Father.

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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