Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“From everlasting I was established,
From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.

King James Version

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

Holman 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.

A Conservative Version

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth was,

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“From everlasting I was established and ordained,
From the beginning, before the earth existed, [I, godly wisdom, existed].

Bible in Basic English

From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

From forever I was knit together, from the beginning, from the first of the earth.

King James 2000

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth was.

Lexham Expanded Bible

From eternity, I was set up from [the] first, from the beginning of the earth.

Modern King James verseion

I was anointed from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth ever was.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I have been ordained from everlasting, and from the beginning before the earth was made.

NET Bible

From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before the world existed.

New Heart English Bible

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.

The Emphasized Bible

At the outset of the ages, had I been established, in advance of the antiquities of the earth;

Webster

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

World English Bible

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.

Youngs Literal Translation

From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I was set up
נסך 
Nacak 
Usage: 25

עלם עולם 
`owlam 
Usage: 438

ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

or ever
קדמה קדם 
Qedem 
Usage: 87

the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Wisdom At Creation

22 “The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.
23 “From everlasting I was established,
From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.
24 “When there were no depths I was brought forth,
When there were no springs abounding with water.


Cross References

Psalm 2:6

“But as for Me, I have installed My King
Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

Genesis 1:26

Then God 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 sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Micah 5:2

But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah,
From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel.
His goings forth are from long ago,
From the days of eternity.”

John 17:5

Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

John 17:24

Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

Ephesians 1:10-11

with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him

1 John 1:1-2

What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life—

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