Proverbs 8:24
When there were no watery depths, I was given birth, when there were no springs overflowing with water;
In context
21 bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
22 “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old; 23 I was formed long ages ago, at the very beginning, when the world came to be. 24 When there were no watery depths, I was given birth, when there were no springs overflowing with water; 25 before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth, 26 before he made the world or its fields or any of the dust of the earth. 27 I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 8:24 in the KJV
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; When there were no fountains abounding with water.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 8:24 in the ESV
When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.