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Proverbs 8:21-23
Contemporary English Version

21 and I give great riches
    to everyone who loves me.

22 (A) From the beginning,
    I was with the Lord.[a]
I was there before he began
23     to create the earth.
At the very first,
    the Lord gave life to[b] me.

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Footnotes

  1. 8.22 From the beginning … with the Lord: Or “In the very beginning, the Lord created me.”
  2. 8.23 gave life to: Or “formed.”
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Proverbs 8:21-23
New International Version

21 bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me
    and making their treasuries full.(A)

22 “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,[a][b]
    before his deeds of old;
23 I was formed long ages ago,
    at the very beginning, when the world came to be.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:22 Or way; or dominion
  2. Proverbs 8:22 Or The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work; or The Lord brought me forth at the beginning of his work
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