Proverbs 8:21-23
King James Version
21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
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Proverbs 8:21-23
New King James Version
21 That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth,
That I may fill their treasuries.
22 “The(A) Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.
23 (B)I have been established from everlasting,
From the beginning, before there was ever an earth.
Proverbs 8:21-23
English Standard Version
21 granting an inheritance to those who love me,
and filling their treasuries.
22 (A)“The Lord (B)possessed[a] me at the beginning of his work,[b]
the first of his acts (C)of old.
23 Ages ago I was (D)set up,
at the first, (E)before the beginning of the earth.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:22 Or fathered; Septuagint created
- Proverbs 8:22 Hebrew way
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