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21 to give an inheritance to those who love me
    and to fill their treasuries.

Wisdom as Creator

22 Yahweh already possessed me long ago,
    when his way began,
        before any of his works.
23 I was appointed from everlasting
    from the first,
        before the earth began.

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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