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Proverbs 8:21-23
King James Version
Proverbs 8:21-23
King James Version
21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
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Proverbs 8:21-23
English Standard Version
Proverbs 8:21-23
English Standard Version
21 granting an inheritance to those who love me,
and filling their treasuries.
22 (A)“The Lord (B)possessed[a] me at the beginning of his work,[b]
the first of his acts (C)of old.
23 Ages ago I was (D)set up,
at the first, (E)before the beginning of the earth.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:22 Or fathered; Septuagint created
- Proverbs 8:22 Hebrew way
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