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Proverbs 8:24

Proverbs 8:24
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

When there were no depths, I was brought forth,.... Not only in the decree of God, as the head of the elect; foreordained to be the Redeemer of them, and to be the propitiation for their sins; and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Compare Gen. 1; Job 22; Job 26:1-14; 38: A world of waters, “great deeps” lying in darkness, this was the picture of the remotest time of which man could form any conception, and yet the co-existence…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Proverbs 8:22-31

That it is an intelligent and divine person that here speaks seems very plain, and that it is not meant of a mere essential property of the divine nature, for Wisdom here has personal properties and…