Proverbs 8:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.”
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BSBPD
“The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Jehovah possessed me--the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 8:22 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 28:26when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
- Job 28:27then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
- Psalms 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
- Proverbs 3:19The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
- John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Colossians 1:17He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
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