Proverbs 8:25-27

New King James Version

²⁵^(A)Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was brought forth;
²⁶While as yet He had not made the earth or the ^[a]fields,
Or the ^[b]primal dust of the world.
²⁷When He prepared the heavens, I was there,
When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,

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Footnotes

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

Proverbs 8:25-27

New International Version

²⁵before the mountains were settled in place,^(A)
    before the hills, I was given birth,^(B)
²⁶before he made the world or its fields
    or any of the dust of the earth.^(C)
²⁷I was there when he set the heavens in place,^(D)
    when he marked out the horizon^(E) on the face of the deep,

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Proverbs 8:25-27

English Standard Version

²⁵Before the mountains ^(A)had been shaped,
    ^(B)before the hills, I was brought forth,
²⁶before he had made the earth with its fields,
    or the first of the dust of the world.
²⁷When he ^(C)established the heavens, I was there;
    when he drew ^(D)a circle on the face of the deep,