Proverbs 8:25
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Proverbs 8:25 in other translations
| BSB | Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth, |
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| WEB | Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was born; |
| ASV | Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth; |
| YLT | Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth. |
| DARBY | Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth; |
| BBE | Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth: |
| Webster | Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth. |
What does Proverbs 8:25 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…
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?
Proverbs 8:25 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 8:25
- Psalms 90:2
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
- Job 15:7-8
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
- Job 38:4-11
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? …
- Psalms 102:25-28
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
- Hebrews 1:10
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
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Context
- 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:
- Proverbs 8:26
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
Proverbs 8:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Antes que los montes fuesen fundados, antes de los collados, era yo engendrada: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Avant que les montagnes soient établies sur leurs bases, avant les collines, j’ai été enfantée, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ehe die Berge eingesenkt wurden, vor den Hügeln war ich geboren; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | necdum montes gravi mole constiterant: ante colles ego parturiebar. |