Parallel Verses
NET Bible
before the mountains were set in place -- before the hills -- I was born,
New American Standard Bible
Before the hills I was
King James Version
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Holman Bible
before the mountains and hills were established,
International Standard Version
Before the mountains were shaped, before there were hills, I was bringing them to birth.
A Conservative Version
before the mountains were settled, before the hills. I was brought forth
American Standard Version
Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;
Amplified
“Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was born;
Bible in Basic English
Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:
Darby Translation
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
Julia Smith Translation
Before the mountains were settled; before the hills I had a beginning:
King James 2000
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Before mountains had been shaped, before hills, I was brought forth.
Modern King James verseion
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Before the foundations of the mountains were laid, yea before all hills was I born.
New Heart English Bible
Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was brought forth;
The Emphasized Bible
Ere yet the mountains had been settled, before the hills, had I been brought forth;
Webster
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth.
World English Bible
Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was brought forth;
Youngs Literal Translation
Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 8:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wisdom At Creation
24 When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water; 25 before the mountains were set in place -- before the hills -- I was born, 26 before he made the earth and its fields, or the beginning of the dust of the world.
Cross References
Psalm 90:2
Even before the mountains came into existence, or you brought the world into being, you were the eternal God.
Job 15:7-8
"Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
Job 38:4-11
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!
Psalm 102:25-28
In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.
Hebrews 1:10
And, "You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.