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Proverbs 8:24-26
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 8:24-26
Holman Christian Standard Bible
24 I was born
when there were no watery depths(A)
and no springs filled with water.
25 I was delivered
before the mountains and hills were established,(B)
26 before He made the land, the fields,
or the first soil on earth.
Proverbs 8:24-26
New International Version
Proverbs 8:24-26
New International Version
Proverbs 8:24-26
King James Version
Proverbs 8:24-26
King James Version
24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
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Proverbs 8:24-26
New King James Version
Proverbs 8:24-26
New King James Version
24 When there were no depths I was brought forth,
When there were no fountains abounding with water.
25 (A)Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was brought forth;
26 While as yet He had not made the earth or the [a]fields,
Or the [b]primal dust of the world.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:26 outer places
- Proverbs 8:26 Lit. beginning of the dust
Proverbs 8:24-26
English Standard Version
Proverbs 8:24-26
English Standard Version
24 When there were no (A)depths I was (B)brought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains (C)had been shaped,
(D)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.
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