Proverbs 8:23 “From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the ear…”

Proverbs 8:23

From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.

Geneva Bible 1599

I was set vp from euerlasting, from the beginning and before the earth.

Darby Translation

I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.

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Cross references

“I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.”

John 17:24 Genesis 1:26 Micah 5:2 Psalm 2:6 Ephesians 1:10 Ephesians 1:11

John 17:24 · BSB

Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

Genesis 1:26 · BSB

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

Micah 5:2 · BSB

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

Psalm 2:6 · BSB

“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

Ephesians 1:10 · BSB

as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

Ephesians 1:11 · BSB

In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

Also

John 17:5

John 17:5 · BSB

And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.

24When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.

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