New English Translation
Proverbs 8:25
25before the mountains were set in place – before the hills – I was born,
Proverbs 8:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
- New International Version (NIV)before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth;
Context of Proverbs 8:25
23From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before the world existed. 24When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water; before the mountains were set in place – before the hills – I was born, 26before he made the earth and its fields, or the beginning of the dust of the world. 27When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,
Read all of Proverbs 8Proverbs 8:25 word by word
בְּטֶ֣רֶם הָרִ֣ים הָטְבָּ֑עוּ לִפְנֵ֖י גְבָע֣וֹת חוֹלָֽלְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 8:25
- Job 15:7“Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
- Job 38:4“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!
- Psalms 90:2Even before the mountains came into existence, or you brought the world into being, you were the eternal God.
- Psalms 102:25In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.
- Hebrews 1:10And, “You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.
Commentaries on Proverbs 8:25
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Compare Psalm 90:2. What the Psalmist said of Yahweh, the teacher here asserts of Wisdom; she was before the everlasting hills.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-31Verses 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?Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-25created me as His first course, before His works of old...From everlasting I was established: God's wisdom has always been. Here, wisdom is shown as a person, but it is not an actual person. Wisdom is part of God's character and nature. Unlike pagan gods, God does not need an outside advisor (see Isaiah 40:13–14). Jesus is the highest point of God's wisdom (see Colossians 1:15–17; 2:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-3122-31. Strictly, God's attributes are part of Himself. Yet, to the poetical structure of the whole passage, this commendation of wisdom is entirely consonant. In order of time all His attributes are coincident and eternal as Himself. But to set forth the importance of wisdom as devising the products of benevolence and power, it is here assigned a precedence. As it has such in divine, so should it be desired in human, affairs (compare Pr 3:19)…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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