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Proverbs 8:22 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 8 · verse 22
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.Proverbs 8:22 · King James Version
Proverbs 8:22 in context
20I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
22The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
24When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
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Key words (Strong's)
- possessedqânâhto erectH7069 →
- beginningrêʼshîyththe first, in place, time, order or rankH7225 →
- beforeqedemthe front, of place or timeH6924 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- waydereka roadH1870 →
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That it is an intelligent and divine person that here speaks seems very plain, and that it is not meant of a mere essential property of the divine nature, for Wisdom here has personal properties and actions;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-31