Proverbs 8:14-26
English Standard Version
14 I have (A)counsel and (B)sound wisdom;
I have insight; (C)I have strength.
15 By me (D)kings reign,
and rulers decree what is just;
16 by me princes rule,
and nobles, all who govern justly.[a]
17 (E)I love those who love me,
and (F)those who seek me diligently find me.
18 (G)Riches and honor are with me,
(H)enduring wealth and (I)righteousness.
19 My fruit is (J)better than (K)gold, even fine gold,
and my yield than (L)choice silver.
20 I walk in the way of righteousness,
in the paths of justice,
21 granting an inheritance to those who love me,
and filling their treasuries.
22 (M)“The Lord (N)possessed[b] me at the beginning of his work,[c]
the first of his acts (O)of old.
23 Ages ago I was (P)set up,
at the first, (Q)before the beginning of the earth.
24 When there were no (R)depths I was (S)brought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains (T)had been shaped,
(U)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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint govern the earth
- Proverbs 8:22 Or fathered; Septuagint created
- Proverbs 8:22 Hebrew way
Proverbs 8:14-26
New International Version
14 Counsel and sound judgment are mine;
I have insight, I have power.(A)
15 By me kings reign
and rulers(B) issue decrees that are just;
16 by me princes govern,(C)
and nobles—all who rule on earth.[a]
17 I love those who love me,(D)
and those who seek me find me.(E)
18 With me are riches and honor,(F)
enduring wealth and prosperity.(G)
19 My fruit is better than fine gold;(H)
what I yield surpasses choice silver.(I)
20 I walk in the way of righteousness,(J)
along the paths of justice,
21 bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me
and making their treasuries full.(K)
22 “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,[b][c]
before his deeds of old;
23 I was formed long ages ago,
at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
24 When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,
when there were no springs overflowing with water;(L)
25 before the mountains were settled in place,(M)
before the hills, I was given birth,(N)
26 before he made the world or its fields
or any of the dust of the earth.(O)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; other Hebrew manuscripts all righteous rulers
- 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
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