"Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:" — Proverbs 8:25

Proverbs 8:25 · KJV

“Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:”

— Proverbs 8:25

When {there were} no depths, I was brought forth; when {there were} no fountains abounding with water.

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}

Proverbs 8 — Context

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}

Cross References

Psalms 90:2

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou {art} God.

Job 15:7-8

{Art} thou the first man {that} was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

Psalms 102:25-28

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens {are} the work of thy hands.

Job 38:4-11

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. {hast...: Heb. knowest understanding}

Hebrews 1:10

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: