Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before there was land.
New American Standard Bible
From the beginning,
King James Version
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
Holman Bible
from the beginning, before the earth began.
A Conservative Version
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth was,
American Standard Version
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.
Amplified
“From everlasting I was established and ordained,
From the beginning, before the earth existed, [I, godly wisdom, existed].
Bible in Basic English
From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.
Darby Translation
I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.
Julia Smith Translation
From forever I was knit together, from the beginning, from the first of the earth.
King James 2000
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth was.
Lexham Expanded Bible
From eternity, I was set up from [the] first, from the beginning of the earth.
Modern King James verseion
I was anointed from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth ever was.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I have been ordained from everlasting, and from the beginning before the earth was made.
NET Bible
From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before the world existed.
New Heart English Bible
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
The Emphasized Bible
At the outset of the ages, had I been established, in advance of the antiquities of the earth;
Webster
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
World English Bible
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
Youngs Literal Translation
From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.
Interlinear
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Ro'sh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 8:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wisdom At Creation
22 "The LORD made me as he began his planning, before his ancient activity commenced. 23 From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before there was land. 24 When there were no ocean depths, I brought them to birth at a time when there were no springs.
Cross References
Psalm 2:6
"I have set my king on Zion, my holy mountain."
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, to be like us. Let them be masters over the fish in the ocean, the birds that fly, the livestock, everything that crawls on the earth, and over the earth itself!"
Micah 5:2
"As for you, Bethlehem of Ephrathah, even though you remain least among the clans of Judah, nevertheless, the one who rules in Israel for me will emerge from you. His existence has been from antiquity, even from eternity.
John 17:5
"So now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world existed.
John 17:24
Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am and to see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
Ephesians 1:10-11
to usher in the fullness of the times and to bring together in the Messiah all things in heaven and on earth.
1 John 1:1-2
What existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we observed and touched with our own hands this is the Word of life!