Proverbs 8:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 17:24 : 24 `Father, those whom Thou hast given to me, I will that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory that Thou didst give to me, because Thou didst love me before the foundation of the world.
  • Ps 2:6 : 6 `And I -- I have anointed My King, Upon Zion -- My holy hill.'
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 And thou, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, Little to be among the chiefs of Judah! From thee to Me he cometh forth -- to be ruler in Israel, And his comings forth `are' of old, From the days of antiquity.
  • John 17:5 : 5 `And now, glorify me, Thou Father, with Thyself, with the glory that I had before the world was, with Thee;
  • Eph 1:10-11 : 10 in regard to the dispensation of the fulness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth -- in him; 11 in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,
  • 1 John 1:1-2 : 1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we did behold, and our hands did handle, concerning the Word of the Life -- 2 and the Life was manifested, and we have seen, and do testify, and declare to you the Life, the age-during, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us --
  • Gen 1:26 : 26 And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

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  • 22 Jehovah possessed me -- the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.

  • Prov 8:24-27
    4 verses
    86%

    24 In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy `with' waters,

    25 Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.

    26 While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.

    27 In His preparing the heavens I `am' there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,

  • Prov 8:29-31
    3 verses
    78%

    29 In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,

    30 Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight -- day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,

    31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights `are' with the sons of men.

  • 2 Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou `art' God.

  • 10 and, `Thou, at the beginning, Lord, the earth didst found, and a work of thy hands are the heavens;

  • 4 Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

  • 16 Come ye near unto me, hear this, Not from the beginning in secret spake I, From the time of its being, there `am' I, And now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and His Spirit.

  • 5 `Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

  • Ps 139:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15 My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.

    16 Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them.

  • 2 Established is Thy throne since then, From the age Thou `art'.

  • 7 The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed?

  • 25 Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands `are' the heavens.

  • Isa 48:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 Now they have been produced and not from that time, Yea, before the day, and thou hast not heard them, Lest thou say, `Lo, I have known them.'

    8 Yea, thou hast not heard, Yea, thou hast not known, Yea, from that time not opened hath thine ear, For I have known thou dealest treacherously, And `Transgressor from the belly,' One is crying to thee.

  • 3 The former things from that time I declared, And from my mouth they have gone forth, And I proclaim them, Suddenly I have done, and it cometh.

  • 5 And I declare to thee from that time, Before it cometh I have caused thee to hear, Lest thou say, `Mine idol hath done them, And my graven image, And my molten image did command them.

  • John 1:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

    2 this one was in the beginning with God;

  • 10 On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou `art' my God.

  • 10 Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, `My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.'

  • 58 Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming -- I am;'

  • 1 Hearken, O isles, unto me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, Jehovah from the womb hath called me, From the bowels of my mother He hath made mention of my name.

  • 1 In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth --

  • 23 And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.

  • 12 As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.

  • 12 A throne of honour on high from the beginning, The place of our sanctuary,

  • 13 Even from the day I `am' He, And there is no deliverer from My hand, I work, and who doth turn it back?

  • 21 Do ye not know -- do ye not hear? Hath it not been declared from the first to you? Have ye not understood `From' the foundations of the earth?

  • 4 Who hath wrought and done, Calling the generations from the first? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last I `am' He.

  • 5 Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.

  • 24 And I am perfect before Him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.

  • 7 And who as I, doth call and declare it, And arrange it for Me, Since My placing the people of antiquity, And things that are coming, And those that do come, declare they to them?

  • 6 By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee `is' my praise continually.

  • Isa 48:12-13
    2 verses
    67%

    12 Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called one, I `am' He, I `am' first, and I `am' last;

    13 Also, My hand hath founded earth, And My right hand stretched out the heavens, I am calling unto them, they stand together.

  • Job 29:4-5
    2 verses
    67%

    4 As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.

    5 When yet the Mighty One `is' with me. Round about me -- my young ones,

  • 25 Hast thou not heard from afar, it I made, From days of old that I formed it? Now I have brought it in, And it becometh a desolation, Ruinous heaps `are' fenced cities,

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    7 I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou `art', I to-day have brought thee forth.

  • 8 Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up!

  • 19 Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.

  • 16 (Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.)

  • 18 Wealth and honour `are' with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.