The Excellence of Wisdom

Proverbs 8:26

In 11 translations

BSB: before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth.
KJV: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.fields: or, open placesthe highest…: or, the chief part
WEB: while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
ASV: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
LSV: While He had not made the earth, and out-places, || And the top of the dusts of the world.
YLT: While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.
DBY: while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
DRC: He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.
GNV: He had not yet made the earth, nor the open places, nor the height of the dust in the worlde.
JPS: While as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
LXXE: The Lord made countries and uninhabited tracts, and the highest inhabited parts of the world.

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.

WLC: עַד־לֹ֣א עָ֭שָׂה אֶ֣רֶץ וְחוּצ֑וֹת וְ֝רֹ֗אשׁ עָפְר֥וֹת תֵּבֵֽל׃We read one or more vowels in L differently from BHQ.
LXX-Br: Κύριος ἐποίησε χώρας καὶ ἀοικήτους, καὶ ἄκρα οἰκούμενα τῆς ὑπʼ οὐρανῶν.

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

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