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Proverbs 3:19

New International Reader's Version

By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations. Through understanding he set the heavens in place.

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“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you know.

Lord, you have made so many things! How wise you were when you made all of them! The earth is full of your creatures.

By his understanding he made the heavens. His faithful love continues forever.

“The Lord created me as the first of his works, before his acts of long ago.

But God used his power to make the earth. His wisdom set the world in place. His understanding spread out the heavens.

“I used my power to make the earth. I used my wisdom to set the world in place. I used my understanding to spread out the heavens.

All things were made through him. Nothing that has been made was made without him.