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Wisdom’s Part in Creation

22 “The Lord created me at the beginning[a] of his work,[b]
    the first of his acts of long ago.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 8.22 Or me as the beginning
  2. 8.22 Heb way

22 “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,[a][b]
    before his deeds of old;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:22 Or way; or dominion
  2. Proverbs 8:22 Or The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work; or The Lord brought me forth at the beginning of his work

25 Before the mountains had been shaped,
    before the hills, I was brought forth,(A)

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25 before the mountains were settled in place,(A)
    before the hills, I was given birth,(B)

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