Proverbs 8:21-23

New International Version

²¹bestowing 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;
²³I was formed long ages ago,
at the very beginning, when the world came to be.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 8:22 Or way; or dominion
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

Proverbs 8:21-23

English Standard Version

²¹granting 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.
²³Ages ago I was ^(D)set up,
at the first, ^(E)before the beginning of the earth.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 8:22 Or fathered; Septuagint created
Proverbs 8:22 Hebrew way

Proverbs 8:21-23

New King James Version

²¹That 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.

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