Proverbs 8:22-31 Parallel Bible Translations

Proverbs 8:22-31 ▼
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22 |The LORD already possessed me long ago, when his way began, before any of his works. “The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old. “The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old;
23 I was appointed from everlasting from the first, before the earth began. Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth. I was formed long ages ago, at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
24 I was born before there were oceans, before there were springs filled with water. When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. When there were no watery depths, I was given birth, when there were no springs overflowing with water;
25 I was born before the mountains were settled in their places and before the hills, Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth, before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth,
26 when he had not yet made land or fields or the first dust of the world. before he had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world. before he made the world or its fields or any of the dust of the earth.
27 |When he set up the heavens, I was there. When he traced the horizon on the surface of the ocean, When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep, I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
28 when he established the skies above, when he determined the currents in the ocean, when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep, when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
29 when he set a limit for the sea so the waters would not overstep his command, when he traced the foundations of the earth, when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
30 I was beside him as a master craftsman. I made him happy day after day, I rejoiced in front of him all the time, then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, Then I was constantly at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence,
31 found joy in his inhabited world, and delighted in the human race. rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man. rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind.
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