Proverbs 8:26

Yet he had not made [the] earth; and floods, and the earths of the world. (He had not yet made the earth; and the rivers, and the dust of the world.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

25and hills stood not (al)together yet by firm heaviness; before little hills I was born. (and the mountains did not yet stand with firm heaviness; yea, I was born before the little hills.)

27When he made ready heavens, I was present, (or When he prepared the heavens, I was there); (and) when he compassed, [or (en) closed], the depths of (the) waters by certain law and compass.

Read all of Proverbs 8

Cross References

Genesis 1:1In the beginning God made of nought heaven and earth. (In the beginning God made out of nothing 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Proverbs 8:26