Proverbs 8:22 Parallel Translations
NASB: "The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: "The LORD already possessed me long ago, when his way began, before any of his works.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
ASV: Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.
BBE: The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past.
DBY: Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
ERV: The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
JPS: The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old.
WBS: The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
WEB: "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
YLT: Jehovah possessed me -- the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.
Proverbs 8:22 Cross References
XREF:Job 28:26 When He set a limit for the rain And a course for the thunderbolt,

Psalm 104:24 O LORD, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions.

Proverbs 3:19 The LORD by wisdom founded the earth, By understanding He established the heavens. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, {k} before his works of old.
(k) He declares by this the divinity and eternity of this wisdom, which he magnifies and praises through this book: meaning by this the eternal Son of God, Jesus Christ our Saviour, whom John calls the Word that was in the beginning Joh 1:1.
WES: 8:22 Possessed me - As his son by eternal generation, before the beginning. Of old - His works of creation.
MHC: 8:22-31 The Son of God declares himself to have been engaged in the creation of the world. How able, how fit is the Son of God to be the Saviour of the world, who was the Creator of it! The Son of God was ordained, before the world, to that great work. Does he delight in saving wretched sinners, and shall not we delight in his salvation?
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