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22 “I, wisdom, was with the Lord when he began his work,
    long before he made anything else.
23 I was created in the very beginning,
    even before the world began.
24 I was born before there were oceans,
    or springs overflowing with water,

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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.
24 When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,
    when there were no springs overflowing with water;(A)

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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