King James Version
Proverbs 8:25 in the King James Version says “Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:”
Proverbs 8:25 · KJV
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. fields: or, open places the highest: or, the chief part
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: a compass: or, a circle
KJV Study — Public Domain
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“was I brought forth”
H2342properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e., (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; fi
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