The Excellence of Wisdom
Proverbs 8:22
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.Or The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way
- KJV
- The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
- WEB
- “Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
- ASV
- Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.
- LSV
- YHWH possessed me—the beginning of His way, || Before His works since then.
- YLT
- Jehovah possessed me — the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.
- DBY
- Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
- DRC
- The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning.
- GNV
- The Lord hath possessed me in the beginning of his way: I was before his workes of olde.
- JPS
- The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old.
- LXXE
- The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- יְֽהוָ֗ה קָ֭נָנִי רֵאשִׁ֣ית דַּרְכּ֑וֹ קֶ֖דֶם מִפְעָלָ֣יו מֵאָֽז׃
- LXX-Br
- Κύριος ἔκτισέ με ἀρχὴν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔργα αὐτοῦ,
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
WisdomGodPersonificationLogosEthicsEarthProverbs, the Book ofWisdom of Solomon, TheTrinityMediation; Mediator
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Cross-references most cited first
- Colossians 1:17He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
- John 1:1–2In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.
- Proverbs 3:19The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
- Psalms 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
- Job 28:26–28when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt, then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out. And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and…
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