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“Were you the first man ever born?

Were you brought forth before the hills?

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25 before the mountains were set in place—
before the hills—I was born,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:25 tn This is not the common verb for being born (Niphal of יָלַד, yalad). The nuance of חוֹלָלְתִּי (kholalti, the Polal of חִיל, [khil]) emphasizes being birthed through labor pains.