Proverbs 8:30

Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight — day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

In Context

29In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,

31Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights [are] with the sons of men.

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Cross References

Isaiah 42:1Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one — My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.

Matthew 17:5While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son, — the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'

John 1:18God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father — he did declare.

John 16:28I came forth from the Father, and have come to the world; again I leave the world, and go on unto the Father.'

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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