Proverbs 8:22

“Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.

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WEBBE

“The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.

BSB

The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.

KJV

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

ASV

Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.

BBE

The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 22–31

The Son of God declares himself to have been engaged in the creation of the world. How able, how fit is the Son of God to be the Saviour of the world, who was the Creator of it! The Son of God was ordained, before the world, to that great work. Does he delight in saving wretched sinners, and shall not we delight in his salvation?

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.