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Proverbs 8:22
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“The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works,
[a]
[b]
before his deeds of old;
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Proverbs 8:22 in Other Translations
KJV
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The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
ESV
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"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.
NLT
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“The LORD formed me from the beginning, before he created anything else.
MSG
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"God sovereignly made me - the first, the basic - before he did anything else.
CSB
22
The Lord made me at the beginning of His creation, before His works of long ago.
Proverbs 8:22 In-Context
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I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
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bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
22
“The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works,before his deeds of old;
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I was formed long ages ago, at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
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When there were no watery depths, I was given birth, when there were no springs overflowing with water;
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[a].
Or "way" ; or "dominion"
[b].
Or "The " Lord"possessed me at the beginning of his work" ; or "The " Lord"brought me forth at the beginning of his work"
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