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25 Before the mountains had been shaped,
    before the hills, I was brought forth;
26 before he had made the earth with its fields,[a]
    or the first of the dust[b] of the world.
27 When he established the heavens, I was there,
    when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:26 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  2. Proverbs 8:26 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

25 before the mountains were settled in place,(A)
    before the hills, I was given birth,(B)
26 before he made the world or its fields
    or any of the dust of the earth.(C)
27 I was there when he set the heavens in place,(D)
    when he marked out the horizon(E) on the face of the deep,

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