Proverbs 8:25

Ere yet the mountains had been settled, before the hills, had I been brought forth;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

In Context

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

26Or ever he had made the land and the wastes, or the top of the dry parts of the world:

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Cross References

Job 15:7The first of mankind, wast thou born? Or, before the hills, wast thou brought forth?

Psalms 90:2Before, the mountains, were born, Or thou hadst brought forth the earth and the world, Even, from age to age, thou, [wast] GOD.

Psalms 104:8Mountains rise, Valleys sink, Unto the place which thou hast fixed for 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 →

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