Proverbs 8 · Verse 24

Proverbs 8:24

When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
Proverbs 8:24, King James Version

Proverbs 8:24 in other translations

BSBWhen there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
WEBWhen there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water.
ASVWhen there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.
YLTIn there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy with waters,
DARBYWhen there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water.
BBEWhen there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water.
WebsterWhen there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

What does Proverbs 8:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 8:22-31

22-31. Strictly, God's attributes are part of Himself. Yet, to the poetical structure of the whole passage, this commendation of wisdom is entirely consonant. In order of time all His attributes are coincident and eternal as Himself. But to set forth the importance of wisdom as devising the products of benevolence and power, it is here assigned a precedence. As it has such in divine, so should it be desired in…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 When there were no depths - תהמות tehomoth, before the original chaotic mass was formed. See Gen 1:2. I was brought forth - חוללתי cholalti, "I was produced as by laboring throes." Mr. Parkhurst thinks that the heathen poets derived their idea of Minerva's (wisdom's) being born of Jupiter's brain, from some such high poetic personification as that in the text.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 8:22-31

The Son of God declares himself to have been engaged in the creation of the world. How able, how fit is the Son of God to be the Saviour of the world, who was the Creator of it! The Son of God was ordained, before the world, to that great work. Does he delight in saving wretched sinners, and shall not we delight in his salvation?

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Proverbs 8:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּאֵין\־be.'ein-when there notH369
תְּהֹמ֥וֹתte.ho.Mot[were] [the] deepsH8415
חוֹלָ֑לְתִּיcho.Lal.tiI was brought forthH2342
בְּאֵ֥יןbe.'Einwhen there notH369
מַ֝עְיָנ֗וֹתma'.ya.Not[were] springsH4599
נִכְבַּדֵּי\־nikh.ba.dei-abounding ofH3513
מָֽיִם\׃Ma.yimwaterH4325

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 8:24

  • Proverbs 3:20

    By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

  • 1 John 4:9

    In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

  • Genesis 1:2

    And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

  • Hebrews 1:5

    For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

  • John 5:20

    For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

  • John 1:14

    And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

  • Psalms 2:7

    I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

  • John 3:16

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I was.
Ps 2:7; Joh 1:14; 3:16; 5:20; Heb 1:5; 1Jo 4:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 8:23

    I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

  • Proverbs 8:24

    When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

  • Proverbs 8:25

    Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

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Proverbs 8:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Antes de los abismos fuí engendrada; antes que fuesen las fuentes de las muchas aguas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Quand il n’y avait pas d’abîmes, j’ai été enfantée, quand il n’y avait pas de sources pleines d’eaux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich war geboren, als die Tiefen noch nicht waren, als noch keine Quellen waren, reich an Wasser.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nondum erant abyssi, et ego jam concepta eram: necdum fontes aquarum eruperant,