Proverbs 8:22
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Wisdom’s Part in Creation
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- Proverbs 8:22 Or me as the beginning
- Proverbs 8:22 Heb way
Proverbs 8:22
Common English Bible
22 The Lord created me at the beginning of his way,
before his deeds long in the past.
Proverbs 8:22
Authorized (King James) Version
22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way,
before his works of old.
Proverbs 8:22
Complete Jewish Bible
22 “Adonai made me as the beginning of his way,
the first of his ancient works.
Proverbs 8:30-31
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
30 then I was beside him, like a master worker;[a]
and I was daily his[b] delight,
rejoicing before him always,
31 rejoicing in his inhabited world
and delighting in the human race.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:30 Another reading is little child
- Proverbs 8:30 Gk: Heb lacks his
Proverbs 8:30-31
Common English Bible
30 I was beside him as a master of crafts.[a]
I was having fun,
smiling before him all the time,
31 frolicking with his inhabited earth
and delighting in the human race.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:30 Heb uncertain
Proverbs 8:30-31
Authorized (King James) Version
30 then I was by him, as one brought up with him:
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.
Proverbs 8:30-31
Complete Jewish Bible
30 I was with him as someone he could trust.
For me, every day was pure delight,
as I played in his presence all the time,.
31 playing everywhere on his earth,
and delighting to be with humankind.
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