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Wisdom’s Part in Creation

22 The Lord created me at the beginning of his work,[a]
    the first of his acts of old.
23 Ages ago I was set up,
    at the first, before the beginning of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:22 Heb way

22 “The(A) Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.
23 (B)I have been established from everlasting,
From the beginning, before there was ever an earth.

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22 “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,[a][b]
    before his deeds of old;
23 I was formed long ages ago,
    at the very beginning, when the world came to be.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:22 Or way; or dominion
  2. 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