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

25 Before the mountains were settled: and before the hills, was I begotten.

26 He had not yet made the earth, nor the open places, nor the height of the dust in the world.

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24 When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,
    when there were no springs overflowing with water;(A)
25 before the mountains were settled in place,(B)
    before the hills, I was given birth,(C)
26 before he made the world or its fields
    or any of the dust of the earth.(D)

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24 When there were no depths I was brought forth,
When there were no fountains abounding with water.
25 (A)Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was brought forth;
26 While as yet He had not made the earth or the [a]fields,
Or the [b]primal dust of the world.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:26 outer places
  2. Proverbs 8:26 Lit. beginning of the dust

24 When there were no (A)depths I was (B)brought forth,
    when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains (C)had been shaped,
    (D)before the hills, I was brought forth,
26 before he had made the earth with its fields,
    or the first of the dust of the world.

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