Proverbs 8:22 - Revised Standard Version CI

²² The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² The Lord formed and brought me [Wisdom] forth at the beginning of His way, before His acts of old.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.

Common English Bible

²² The LORD created me at the beginning of his way, before his deeds long in the past.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything, from the beginning.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning.

Proverbs 8:22 Cross References

Job 28:23

“God understands the way to it, and he knows its place.

Psalm 104:24

O Lord, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy creatures.

Proverbs 3:19

The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens;

Micah 5:2

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.

Colossians 1:17

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Revelation 3:14

“And to the angel of the church in La-odicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.