Proverbs 8:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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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.
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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

Ps 90:2 : 2 Before 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 102:25-28 : 25 Of old hast thou laid 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 hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
Job 15:7-8 : 7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain 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 hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are 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 the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, 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%
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.
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 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;
31Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
Ps 90:2
78%
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.
Job 15:7
76%
7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made 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 hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Ps 139:15-16
2 verses
74%
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.
Ps 102:25
72%
25Of old hast thou laid 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 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.
Heb 1:10
71%
10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
Jer 1:5
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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.
Jonah 2:6
70%
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.
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 without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Ps 51:5
70%
5Behold, I was shapen{H8797)} in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive{H8765)} me.
Isa 48:7-8
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70%
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.
8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
2 Kgs 19:25
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25Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
Ps 71:6
69%
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.
Job 3:16
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16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
John 8:58
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58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Isa 49:1
68%
1Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD 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 heaven and the earth.
Prov 3:19
68%
19The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath 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 ye 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 the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
Isa 37:26
68%
26Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
Isa 48:5
68%
5I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed 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, when my children were about me;
Ps 104:5
67%
5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Ps 104:8
67%
8They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
Job 10:8
67%
8Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Ps 40:2
67%
2He brought me up{H8686)} also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set{H8686)} my feet upon a rock, and established{H8790)} my goings.
Ps 139:13
67%
13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
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!
Deut 33:15
67%
15And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
Isa 48:3
67%
3I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
Isa 2:14
67%
14And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,