Parallel Verses
Amplified
“From everlasting I was established and ordained,
From the beginning, before the earth existed, [I, godly wisdom, existed].
New American Standard Bible
From the beginning,
King James Version
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
Holman Bible
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.
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
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Ro'sh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 8:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wisdom At Creation
22
“The Lord created and possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old [were accomplished].
“From everlasting I was established and ordained,
From the beginning, before the earth existed, [I, godly wisdom, existed].
“When there were no ocean depths I was born,
When there were no fountains and springs overflowing with water.
Cross References
Psalm 2:6
“Yet as for Me, I have anointed and firmly installed My King
Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth.”
Micah 5:2
“But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah;
From you One shall come forth for Me [who is] to be Ruler in Israel,
His goings forth (appearances) are from long ago,
From
John 17:5
John 17:24
Ephesians 1:10-11
with regard to the fulfillment of the times [that is, the end of history, the climax of the ages]—to bring all things together in Christ, [both] things in the heavens and things on the earth.
1 John 1:1-2
[I am writing about] what existed from the beginning, what