Proverbs 8:24

King James 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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🎯 Translation Approach

Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
KJV text basis: Employs the classic King James Version wording known for formal equivalence and literary style.
Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

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Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

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Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

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Referenced Verses

Gen 1:2 : 2 And the earth was without form, 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 declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Prov 3:20 : 20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
John 1:14 : 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us ,(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 5:20 : 20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, 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 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God 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 highest part of the dust of the world.
27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
30Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
Prov 8:22-23
2 verses
84%
22The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever 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 substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, 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 the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
Jonah 2:5-6
2 verses
71%
5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
Job 15:7
71%
7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Ps 90:2
70%
2Before the mountains were brought forth{H8795)}, or ever thou hadst formed{H8787)} 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 hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
10I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
Job 3:16
70%
16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
Job 38:16
70%
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
2 Kgs 19:24
69%
24I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
Jer 4:23
69%
23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
2 Sam 22:16-17
2 verses
68%
16And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
Ps 18:15-16
2 verses
68%
15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Eccl 2:6
68%
6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
Job 38:30
68%
30The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Ps 69:2
68%
2I sink{H8804)} in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come{H8804)} into deep waters, where the floods overflow{H8804)} me.
Ps 71:6
68%
6By thee have I been holden up{H8738)} from the womb: thou art he that took{H8802)} me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
Ps 51:5
68%
5Behold, I was shapen{H8797)} in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive{H8765)} me.
Isa 37:25
67%
25I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
Lam 3:54
67%
54Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
Job 10:18
67%
18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
Jonah 2:3
67%
3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
Isa 41:18
67%
18I will open rivers in high places, 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 depth 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 days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
5When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
Ps 114:8
67%
8Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Ps 130:1
67%
1A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
Isa 48:7
67%
7They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when 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 labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Job 26:5
67%
5Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
Ps 42:7
66%
7Deep calleth{H8802)} unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone{H8804)} over me.
Gen 1:2
66%
2And the earth was without form, 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, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.