Proverbs 8:24
When there was no resounding deep, I had been brought forth, when there were no fountains, abounding with water;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
In Context
23At the outset of the ages, had I been established, in advance of the antiquities of the earth;
25Ere yet the mountains had been settled, before the hills, had I been brought forth;
Cross References
Genesis 1:2Now, the earth, had become waste and wild, and darkness, was on the face of the roaring deep,—but, the Spirit of God, was brooding on the face of the waters,
Proverbs 3:20By his knowledge, the resounding deeps were burst open, and, the skies, drop down dew.
John 3:16For God, so loved, the world, that, his Only Begotten Son, he gave,—that, whosoever believeth on him, might not perish, but have life age-abiding.
Hebrews 1:5For unto which of the messengers said he at any time—My Son, art, thou, I, this day have begotten thee? and again—I, will become, his father, and, he, shall become my Son?
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 →