Proverbs 8:23 I was formed long ages ago, at the very beginning, when the world came to be.

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New International Version
I was formed long ages ago, at the very beginning, when the world came to be.

English Standard Version
Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.

New American Standard Bible
"From everlasting I was established, From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.

King James Bible
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I was formed before ancient times, from the beginning, before the earth began.

International Standard Version
From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before there was land.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
I was set up from eternity, and of old before the earth was made.

Darby Bible Translation
I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.

Young's Literal Translation
From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.

Cross References

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 17:5
And now, O Father, glorify you me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was.

Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding.

Micah 5:2
But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

8:22-31 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?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

23. I was set up—ordained, or inaugurated (Ps 2:6). The other terms carry out the idea of the earliest antiquity, and illustrate it by the details of creation [Pr 8:24-29].