Proverbs 8:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Gen 1:2 : 2 And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Ps 2:7 : 7 I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.
Prov 3:20 : 20 By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.
John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 5:20 : 20 For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel.
Heb 1:5 : 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son?
1 John 4:9 : 9 Herein {G5129} was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 8:25-30
6 verses
90%
25Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;
26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
27When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
28When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,
29When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
30Then I was by him, [as] a master workman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him,
Prov 8:22-23
2 verses
84%
22Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.
23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.
Job 38:4
73%
4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
Ps 139:15-16
2 verses
72%
15My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, [And] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, [Even] the days that were ordained [for me], When as yet there was none of them.
Job 38:8-10
3 verses
71%
8Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;
9When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
10And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,
Jonah 2:5-6
2 verses
71%
5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.
6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars [closed] upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
Job 15:7
71%
7Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Ps 90:2
70%
2Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Ps 22:9-10
2 verses
70%
9But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.
10I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.
Job 3:16
70%
16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
Job 38:16
70%
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
2 Kgs 19:24
69%
24I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
Jer 4:23
69%
23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
2 Sam 22:16-17
2 verses
68%
16Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;
Ps 18:15-16
2 verses
68%
15Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.
Eccl 2:6
68%
6I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;
Job 38:30
68%
30The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.
Ps 69:2
68%
2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Ps 71:6
68%
6By thee have I been holden up from the womb; Thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: My praise shall be continually of thee.
Ps 51:5
68%
5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.
Isa 37:25
67%
25I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
Lam 3:54
67%
54Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
Job 10:18
67%
18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
Jonah 2:3
67%
3For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
Isa 41:18
67%
18I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Job 28:14
67%
14The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.
Job 29:4-6
3 verses
67%
4As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;
5When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;
6When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil!
Ps 114:8
67%
8Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.
Ps 130:1
67%
1A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah.
Isa 48:7
67%
7They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
Jer 20:18
67%
18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Job 26:5
67%
5They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
Ps 42:7
66%
7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Gen 1:2
66%
2And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Jer 1:5
66%
5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.