Proverbs 8:25

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

Proverbs 8:25 in Other Translations

25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

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

25 Before the mountains were formed, before the hills, I was born—

25 Before Mountains were sculpted and Hills took shape, I was already there, newborn;

25 Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;

25 I was born before the mountains were settled in their places and before the hills,

25 I was brought forth before the mountains and hills were established,

25 Before the mountains were settled in place, I was born. Before there were any hills, I was born.

Proverbs 8:25 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 8:25

Before the mountains were settled
"Plunged" ^F12, or fixed in the earth; and which was done by the great strength of the Lord, upon their proper bases, ( Psalms 65:6 ) ; and which were "aborigine", or from the beginning of the world, and therefore called the ancient mountains, ( Deuteronomy 33:15 ) ; to be before the mountains is a periphrasis of eternity, and is a phrase expressive of God's eternity; and being here used of the Son's, shows his eternity is the same with his Father's, ( Psalms 90:2 ) ; before the hills was I brought forth;
which is repeated partly to show the importance of it; this being a matter of infinite moment and concern, and deserving of the strictest attention and observation; and partly to show the certainty of it; the eternal generation of Christ being an article of faith most surely to be believed.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (webjh) "defixi", Montanus; "mergerentur", Tigurine version; "immersi", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius.

Proverbs 8:25 In-Context

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

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

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

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

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

Cross References

• 1. S Job 38:6
• 2. S Job 15:7