Proverbs 8:23 Parallel Translations
NASB: "From everlasting I was established, From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: I was appointed from everlasting from the first, before the earth began.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
ASV: I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.
BBE: From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.
DBY: I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.
ERV: I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
JPS: I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
WBS: I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
WEB: I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
YLT: From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.
Proverbs 8:23 Cross References
XREF:John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 17:5 "Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 8:23 {l} I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
(l) He declares the eternity of the Son of God, who was before all time, and ever present with the father.
WES: 8:23 Set up - Heb. anointed, constituted to be the person by whom the Father resolved to do all his works, to create, to uphold and govern and judge, to redeem and save the world. From the beginning - Before which, there was nothing but a vast eternity. The earth - Which together with the heaven, was the first of God's visible works.
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?
CONC:Age Ages Ago Anointed Beginning Birth Earliest Established Eternal Eternity Everlasting Existed Former States
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