Proverbs 8:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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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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.
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Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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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

Ps 90:2 : 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Ps 102:25-28 : 25 Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end. 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.
Heb 1:10 : 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:
Job 15:7-8 : 7 Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills? 8 Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
Job 38:4-9 : 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner - stone thereof, 7 When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb; 9 When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it, 10 And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Prov 8:22-24
3 verses
90%
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.
24When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.
Prov 8:26-31
6 verses
85%
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,
31Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.
Ps 90:2
78%
2Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Job 15:7
76%
7Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Job 38:4-6
3 verses
74%
4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
5Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?
6Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner - stone thereof,
Ps 139:15-16
2 verses
74%
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.
Ps 102:25
72%
25Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Ps 22:9-10
2 verses
71%
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.
Heb 1:10
71%
10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:
Jer 1:5
71%
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.
Jonah 2:6
70%
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.
Isa 66:7
70%
7Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child.
Jer 4:23-24
2 verses
70%
23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.
Ps 51:5
70%
5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.
Isa 48:7-8
2 verses
70%
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.
8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
2 Kgs 19:25
70%
25Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
Ps 71:6
69%
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.
Job 3:16
69%
16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
John 8:58
69%
58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.
Isa 49:1
68%
1Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far: Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name:
Gen 1:1
68%
1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Prov 3:19
68%
19Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.
Job 38:8
68%
8Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb;
Isa 40:21
68%
21Have ye not known? have yet not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Gen 2:4
68%
4These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.
Isa 37:26
68%
26Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
Isa 48:5
68%
5therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed it thee; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
Job 29:5
67%
5When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;
Ps 104:5
67%
5Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.
Ps 104:8
67%
8(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.
Job 10:8
67%
8Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Ps 40:2
67%
2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Ps 139:13
67%
13For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
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.
Deut 33:15
67%
15And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
Isa 48:3
67%
3I have declared the former things from of old; yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them: suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
Isa 2:14
67%
14and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,