Proverbs 8:23

At the outset of the ages, had I been established, in advance of the antiquities of the earth;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

In Context

22Yahweh, had constituted me the beginning of his way, before his works, at the commencement of that time;

24When there was no resounding deep, I had been brought forth, when there were no fountains, abounding with water;

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Cross References

Genesis 1:26And God said—Let us make man in our image after our likeness—and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens and over the tame-beast—and over all the land, and over every creeping thing, that creepeth on the land.

Micah 5:1Meanwhile, shalt thou gather together in troops, thou daughter of a troop, siege, hath he laid against us,—with a sceptre, will they smite on the cheek, the judge of Israel!

John 17:5And, now, glorify me—thou, Father! with thyself, with the glory which I had, before the world’s existence, with thee.

Ephesians 1:10For an administration of the fulness of the seasons, to reunite for himself (under one head) the all things in the Christ, the things upon the heavens, and the things upon 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 →

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