Proverbs 8:22-32

22 The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.
23 He established me before time in the beginning, before he made the earth:
24 even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth:
25 before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.
26 The Lord made countries and uninhabited , and the highest inhabited parts of the world.
27 When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds:
28 and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:
29 decree. and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:
30 I was by him, suiting , I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually.
31 For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.
32 Now then, son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall hearken to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Gr. before the age.
  • [b]. Or, marked out.
  • [c]. See Appendix in which the Alexandrine text has: When he set to the sea its bound, and the waters shall not pass his [note: Gr. mouth.]
  • [d]. Or, arranging all things.
  • [e]. appendix has Alexandrine text as: “And blessed are they that keep my ways.”

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.