Parallel Verses
NET Bible
From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before the world 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.
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.
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 me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago. 23 From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before the world existed. 24 When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water;
Cross References
Psalm 2:6
"I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill."
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth."
Micah 5:2
As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah -- from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.
John 17:5
And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.
John 17:24
"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
Ephesians 1:10-11
toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ -- the things in heaven and the things on earth.
1 John 1:1-2
This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched (concerning the word of life --