Proverbs 8:26

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

In Context

25Ere yet the mountains had been settled, before the hills, had I been brought forth;

27When he prepared the heavens, there, was I! When he decreed a vault upon the face of the resounding deep;

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Cross References

Genesis 1:1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

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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