Proverbs 8:25 {26}
Good News Translation
I was born before the mountains, before the hills were set in place,

New Revised Standard Version
Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth—

Contemporary English Version
My birth was before mountains were formed or hills were put in place.

New American Bible
Before the mountains were settled into place, before the hills, I was brought forth;

Douay-Rheims Bible
He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.

Job 15:7,8 Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills? . . .

Job 38:4-11 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding. . . .

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Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.

Psalm 102:25-28 In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands. . . .

Hebrews 1:10 And: Thou in the beginning, O Lord, didst found the earth: and the works of thy hands are the heavens.

Context
The Excellence of Wisdom
24The mountains, with their huge bulk, had not as yet been established: before the hills, I was brought forth: 25He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.26When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law, and compass, he enclosed the depths:…
Cross References
Job 15:7
Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?

Psalm 90:2
Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.

Proverbs 8:26
When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law, and compass, he enclosed the depths:

Proverbs 8:24
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