Proverbs 8:23

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.

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WEBBE

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.

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.

ASV

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.

BBE

From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.

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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.