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Proverbs 8:29-31
Expanded Bible
Proverbs 8:29-31
Expanded Bible
29 I was there when he ·ordered [decreed] the sea
not to go beyond the borders he had set.
I was there when he ·laid [decreed] the earth’s foundation.
30 I was like a ·child [nursling; or craftsman; architect] by his side.
I was ·delighted [playing] every day,
·enjoying [laughing in] his presence all the time,
31 ·enjoying [laughing with the inhabitants of] the whole world,
and ·delighted [playing] with all its people [John 1:1–3; Col. 1:15; C Jesus is associated with personified Wisdom in that both were present with God during creation].
Proverbs 8:29-31
New International Version
Proverbs 8:29-31
New International Version
29 when he gave the sea its boundary(A)
so the waters would not overstep his command,(B)
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.(C)
30 Then I was constantly[a] at his side.(D)
I was filled with delight day after day,
rejoicing always in his presence,
31 rejoicing in his whole world
and delighting in mankind.(E)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:30 Or was the artisan; or was a little child
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