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 8:26 in other translations
| BSB | before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world. |
| DARBY | while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world. |
| BBE | When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world. |
| Webster | While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. |
What does Proverbs 8:26 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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?
Proverbs 8:26 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 8:26
- Genesis 1:1-31
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 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. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 1:1-31
fields. or, open places. highest part. or, chief part.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- 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 8:27
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
Proverbs 8:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No había aún hecho la tierra, ni las campiñas, ni el principio del polvo del mundo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | lorsqu’il n’avait pas encore fait la terre et les campagnes, et le commencement de la poussière du monde. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | als er die Erde und die Fluren noch nicht gemacht hatte, und den Beginn der Schollen des Erdkreises. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Adhuc terram non fecerat, et flumina, et cardines orbis terræ. |