Proverbs 8:22-32

Darby Translation

²² Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

²³ I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.

²⁴ When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water.

²⁵ Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;

²⁶ while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

²⁷ When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;

²⁸ when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong;

²⁹ when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

³⁰ then I was by him [his] nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

³¹ rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights [were] with the sons of men.

³² And now, sons, hearken unto me, and blessed are they that keep my ways: