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22 
“The Lord created and possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old [were accomplished].
23 
“From everlasting I was established and ordained,
From the beginning, before the earth existed, [I, godly wisdom, existed].(A)
24 
“When there were no ocean depths I was born,
When there were no fountains and springs overflowing with water.
25 
“Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was born;(B)
26 
While He had not yet made the earth and the fields,
Or the first of the dust of the earth.
27 
“When He established the heavens, I [Wisdom] was there;
When He drew a circle upon the face of the deep,

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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.
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)
27 I was there when he set the heavens in place,(E)
    when he marked out the horizon(F) on the face of the deep,

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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