Proverbs 8:25 {26}
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He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.

Job 15:7,8 Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills? . . .

Job 38:4-11 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? tell me if thou hast understanding. . . .

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Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.

Psalm 102:25-28 In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands. . . .

Hebrews 1:10 And: Thou in the beginning, O Lord, didst found the earth: and the works of thy hands are the heavens.

Context
The Excellence of Wisdom
24The mountains, with their huge bulk, had not as yet been established: before the hills, I was brought forth: 25He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.26When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law, and compass, he enclosed the depths:…
Cross References
Job 15:7
Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?

Psalm 90:2
Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.

Proverbs 8:26
When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law, and compass, he enclosed the depths:

Lexicon
Before
בְּטֶ֣רֶם (bə·ṭe·rem)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before

the mountains
הָרִ֣ים (hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

were settled,
הָטְבָּ֑עוּ (hā·ṭə·bā·‘ū)
Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2883: To sink, sink down

before
לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

the hills,
גְבָע֣וֹת (ḡə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1389: A hillock

I was brought forth,
חוֹלָֽלְתִּי׃ (ḥō·w·lā·lə·tî)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert


Additional Translations
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;

before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth.

Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was brought forth;

Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.
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