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21 To give those who love me an inheritance of wealth,
That I may (A)fill their treasuries.

22 “Yahweh possessed me (B)at the beginning of His way,
Before His deeds [a]of old.
23 From everlasting I was [b](C)installed,
From the beginning, (D)from the earliest times of the earth.

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  1. Proverbs 8:22 Lit from then
  2. Proverbs 8:23 Or consecrated

21 bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me
    and making their treasuries full.(A)

22 “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,[a][b]
    before his deeds of old;
23 I was formed long ages ago,
    at the very beginning, when the world came to be.

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  1. Proverbs 8:22 Or way; or dominion
  2. Proverbs 8:22 Or The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work; or The Lord brought me forth at the beginning of his work