Parallel Bible results for "Proverbs 8:22-31"

Proverbs 8:22-31

22 "Yahweh possessed me, [the] first of his ways, before his acts {of old}.

22 “The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works,before his deeds of old;

23 From eternity, I was set up from [the] first, from the beginning of the earth.

23 I was formed long ages ago, at the very beginning, when the world came to be.

24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs of {abounding} water.

24 When there were no watery depths, I was given birth, when there were no springs overflowing with water;

25 Before mountains had been shaped, before hills, I was brought forth.

25 before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth,

26 When he had not yet made earth and fields, or the first dust of the world,

26 before he made the world or its fields or any of the dust of the earth.

27 {when he established} the heavens, there I [was], {when he drew} a circle upon the face of the deep,

27 I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

28 {when he made} skies from above, when he founded fountains of the deep,

28 when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,

29 {when he assigned} his limits to the sea, that waters shall not transgress his {command}, {when he marked} the foundations of the earth,

29 when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

30 I was {beside} him, a master workman, and I was delighting day by day, rejoicing before him {always},

30 Then I was constantly at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence,

31 rejoicing in the world of his earth, and my delight [was] with the children of humankind.

31 rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind.