Proverbs 8:23
“I was set vp from euerlasting, from the beginning, or euer the earth was.”
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Proverbs 8:23 Context
21That I may cause those that loue me, to inherite substance: and I will fill their treasures. 22The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23I was set vp from euerlasting, from the beginning, or euer the earth was. 24When there were no depthes, I was brought forth: when there were no fountaines abounding with water. 25Before the mountaines were setled: before the hilles, was I brought foorth:
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Other Translations for Proverbs 8:23
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
- King James Version
"From everlasting I was established, From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.
- American Standard Version (1901)
From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.
- Basic English Bible
I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.
- Darby Bible
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
- Webster's Bible
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
- World English Bible
From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.
- Youngs Literal Bible
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 8:23
8:23 Set up - Heb. anointed, constituted to be the person by whom the Father resolved to do all his works, to create, to uphold and govern and judge, to redeem and save the world. From the beginning - Before which, there was nothing but a vast eternity. The earth - Which together with the heaven, was the first of God's visible works.