Proverbs 8:23
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before even the earth was.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
In Context
22The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
24When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.
Micah 5:1Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops: he has laid siege against us: they shall strike the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
John 17:5And now, O Father, glorify you me with yours own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was.
Ephesians 1:10That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even 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 →