Proverbs 8:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ “I was set up ages ago, at the first, Before the earth ever was.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Or ever the earth was.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ I [Wisdom] was inaugurated and ordained from everlasting, from the beginning, before ever the earth existed. [John 1:1; I Cor. 1:24.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.

Common English Bible

²³ I was formed in ancient times, at the beginning, before the earth was.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ I was ordained from eternity, and out of antiquity, before the earth was formed.

Proverbs 8:23 Cross References

Genesis 1:26

And Elohim said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the earth and over all the creeping creatures that creep on the earth.”

Psalm 2:6

“But I, I have set My Sovereign on Tsiyon, My set-apart mountain.”

Proverbs 4:7

“The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom! And with all your getting, get understanding.

Micah 5:1

Now you are raided, O daughter of raiders, a siege has been laid against us. They strike the Judge of Yisra’ĕ

Micah 5:2

“But you, Bĕ

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim.

John 17:24

“Father, I desire that those whom You have given Me, might be with Me where I am, so that they see My esteem which You have given Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

John 17:5

“And now, esteem Me with Yourself, Father, with the esteem which I had with You before the world was.