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Proverbs 8:22
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“The Lord acquired meat the beginning of his creation,before his works of long ago.
"The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his work, Before his deeds of old.
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
"The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.
"The LORD created me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.
"I, wisdom, was with the Lord when he began his work, long before he made anything else.
The Lord created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago.
"The LORD created and possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old [were accomplished].
"Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, Before his deeds of old.
The Lord hath possessed me in the beginning of his way: I was before his workes of olde.
"Yahweh possessed me at the beginning of His way,Before His deeds of old.
The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
" Adonai made me as the beginning of his way, the first of his ancient works.
Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
"The Lord made me in the beginning, long before he did anything else.
The LORD created me as the first of his creations, before all of his works.
"The Lord created me first of all, the first of his works, long ago.
"Yahweh possessed me, the first of his ways, before his acts of old.
Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of His way, from then, before His works.
The LORDE himself had me in possessio in the begynnynge of his wayes, or euer he begame his workes aforetyme.
Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.
The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past.
The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old.
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
The Lorde him selfe had me in possession in the beginning of his wayes, or euer he began his workes aforetime.
The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
The Lord weldide me in the bigynnyng of hise weies; bifore that he made ony thing, at the bigynnyng.
Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.
"The Lord formed me from the beginning, before he created anything else.
"The Lord made me at the beginning of His work, before His first works long ago.
The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long ago.
Yahweh, had constituted me the beginning of his way, before his works, at the commencement of that time;
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning.
The LORD created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.
Jehovah possessed me -- the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.
" God sovereignly made me—the first, the basic— before he did anything else. I was brought into being a long time ago, well before Earth got its start. I arrived on the scene before Ocean, yes, even before Springs and Rivers and Lakes. Before Mountains were sculpted and Hills took shape, I was already there, newborn; Long before God stretched out Earth's Horizons, and tended to the minute details of Soil and Weather, And set Sky firmly in place, I was there. When he mapped and gave borders to wild Ocean, built the vast vault of Heaven, and installed the fountains that fed Ocean, When he drew a boundary for Sea, posted a sign that said no trespassing , And then staked out Earth's Foundations, I was right there with him, making sure everything fit. Day after day I was there, with my joyful applause, always enjoying his company, Delighted with the world of things and creatures, happily celebrating the human family.
"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 3:19, John 1:1, John 1:2, Colossians 1:17
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:1 - beginning Job 15:7 - or wast thou Job 28:27 - he prepared it Job 38:4 - Where Psalms 93:2 - Thy Psalms 104:24 - in wisdom Psalms 136:5 - General Micah 5:2 - whose John 1:15 - he was John 5:20 - and showeth John 8:58 - Before John 17:5 - glorify 1 Corinthians 1:24 - the wisdom Hebrews 1:2 - by whom 1 John 1:1 - That which 1 John 1:2 - which was Revelation 14:7 - worship
Cross-References
Noah wanted to find out if the water had gone down, and he sent out a dove.
Deep water was still everywhere, and the dove could not find a place to land. So it flew back to the boat. Noah held out his hand and helped it back in.
It returned in the evening, holding in its beak a green leaf from an olive tree. Noah knew that the water was finally going down.
He waited seven more days before sending the dove out again, and this time it did not return.
"You, your wife, your sons, and your daughters-in-law may now leave the boat.
Let out the birds, animals, and reptiles, so they can mate and live all over the earth."
Noah built an altar where he could offer sacrifices to the Lord . Then he offered on the altar one of each kind of animal and bird that could be used for a sacrifice.
There has already been a famine for two years, and for five more years no one will plow fields or harvest grain.
Do your work in six days and rest on the seventh day, even during the seasons for plowing and harvesting.
You refuse to say, "Let's worship the Lord ! He's the one who sends rain in spring and autumn and gives us a good harvest."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way,.... Not "created me", as the Targum and the Septuagint version; which version Arius following gave birth to his pernicious doctrine; who from hence concluded Christ is a creature, and was the first creature that God made, not of the same but of a like nature with himself, in some moment or period of eternity; and by whom he made all others: the Word, or Wisdom of God is never said to be created; and if as such he was created, God must have been without his Wisdom before he was created; besides, Christ, as the Word and Wisdom of God, is the Creator of all things, and not created, John 1:1; but this possession is not in right of creation, as the word is sometimes used, Genesis 4:1; it might be more truly rendered, "the Lord begat me", as the word is translated by the Septuagint in Zechariah 13:5; it denotes the Lord's having, possessing, and enjoying his word and wisdom as his own proper Son; which possession of him is expressed by his being with him and in him, and in his bosom, and as one brought forth and brought up by him; as he was "in the beginning of his way" of creation, when he went forth in his wisdom and power, and created all things; then he did possess his Son, and made use of him, for by him he made the worlds: and "in the beginning of his way" of grace, which was before his way of creation; he began with him when he first went out in acts of grace towards his people; his first thoughts, purposes, and decrees concerning their happiness, were in him; the choice of their persons was made in him; God was in him contriving the scheme of their peace, reconciliation, and salvation; the covenant of grace was made with him, and all fulness of grace was treasured up in him: the words may be rendered, "the Lord possessed me, the beginning of his way" h; that is, who am the beginning, as he is; the beginning of the creation of God, the first cause, the efficient of it, both old and new; see Colossians 1:18. So Aben Ezra, who compares with this Job 40:19. This shows the real and actual existence of Christ from eternity, his relation to Jehovah his Father, his nearness to him, equality with him, and distinction from him: it is added, for further illustration and confirmation's sake,
before his works of old; the creation of the heavens and the earth; a detail of which there is in the following verses.
h ×§× × × ×¨×ש×ת ×ר×× "possidet me principium viae suae", Pagninus, Michaelis, Schultens; "habuit me principium viae suae", Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A verse which has played an important part in the history of Christian dogma. Wisdom reveals herself as preceding all creation, stamped upon it all, one with God, yet in some way distinguishable from Him as the object of His love Proverbs 8:30. John declares that all which Wisdom here speaks of herself was true in its highest sense of the Word that became flesh John 1:1-14 : just as Apostles afterward applied Wisd. 7:22-30 to Christ (compare Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:3).
Possessed - The word has acquired a special prominence in connection with the Arian controversy. The meaning which it usually bears is that of âgettingâ Genesis 4:1, âbuyingâ Genesis 47:22, âpossessingâ Jeremiah 32:15. In this sense one of the oldest divine names was that of âPossessor of heaven and earthâ Genesis 14:19, Genesis 14:22. But the idea of thus âgettingâ or âpossessingâ involved, as a divine act in relation to the universe, the idea of creation, and thus in one or two passages the word might be rendered, though not accurately, by âcreatedâ (e. g., Psalms 139:13). It would seem accordingly as if the Greek translators of the Old Testament oscillated between the two meanings; and in this passage we find the various renderings εÌÌκÏιÏε ektise âcreatedâ (Septuagint), and εÌκÏηÌÏαÏο ekteÌsato âpossessedâ (Aquila). The text with the former word naturally became one of the stock arguments of the Arians against the eternal co-existence of the Son, and the other translation was as vehemently defended by the orthodox fathers. Athanasius receiving εÌÌκÏιÏεν ektisen, took it in the sense of appointing, and saw in the Septuagint a declaration that the Father had made the Son the âchief,â the âhead,â the âsovereign,â over all creation. There does not seem indeed any ground for the thought of creation either in the meaning of the root, or in the general usage of the word. What is meant in this passage is that we cannot think of God as ever having been without Wisdom. She is âas the beginning of His ways.â So far as the words bear upon Christian dogma, they accord with the words of John 1:1, âthe Word was with God.â The next words indeed assert priority to all the works of God, from the first starting point of time.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 8:22. The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way — Wisdom is not acquired by the Divine Being; man, and even angels, learn it by slow and progressive degrees; but in God it is as eternally inherent as any other essential attribute of his nature. The Targum makes this wisdom a creature, by thus translating the passage: ×××× ×ר×× × ×ר×ש ×ר×ת×× Elaha barani bereish biriteiah, "God created me in the beginning of his creatures." The Syriac is the same. This is as absurd and heretical as some modern glosses on the same passage.
