Proverbs 8:23
21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
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:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
- KJV
- I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
- WEB
- I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
- ASV
- I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.
- DARBY
- I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.
- BLB
- From everlasting I was poured out, from the head, from before the earth.
- ÅB
- Fra evighet er jeg blitt til, fra først av, før jorden var.
- OTB
- Fra evighet ble jeg etablert, fra begynnelsen, da verden kom til.
- B1930
- Fra evighet er jeg blitt til, fra først av, før jorden var.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 17:24
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Read in contextJohn 17:5
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Read in contextGenesis 1:26
And 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 creepeth upon the earth.
Read in contextMicah 5:2
But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Read in contextPsalms 2:6
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Read in context1 John 1:1–2
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
Read in contextEphesians 1:10–11
That in the dispensation of the fulness 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:
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