Proverbs 8:24
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
KJV
Nondum erant abyssi, et ego jam concepta eram : necdum fontes aquarum eruperant,
Vulgate
καὶ πρὸ τοῦ τὰς ἀβύσσους ποιῆσαι, πρὸ τοῦ προελθεῖν τὰς πηγὰς τῶν ὑδάτων,
LXX
When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.
ASV
בְּ/אֵין תְּהֹמ֥וֹת חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי בְּ/אֵ֥ין מַ֝עְיָנ֗וֹת נִכְבַּדֵּי מָֽיִם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מַעְיָ֣ן
m'yn
noun · 22×
ן
n
verb · 61×
נִכְבָּ֔ד
nkbd
verb · 115×
תְּה֣וֹם
thvm
noun · 36×
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§288Thus the revelation of creation is inseparable from the revelation and forging of the covenant of the one God with his People. Creation is revealed as the first step towards this covenant, the first and universal witness to God's all-powerful love.126 and so, the truth of creation is also expressed with growing vigour in the message of the prophets, the prayer of the psalms and…
Is there procession in God? Can any procession in God be called generation? Can there be any other procession in God besides generation? Can that other procession be called generation? Are there more than two processions in God? Article 1. Whether there is procession in God? Objection 1. It would seem that there cannot be any procession in God. For procession signifies outward …
Tertullian argues that the Son proceeds from the Father as a ray proceeds from the sun — distinct yet inseparable. The Word was with God before all things, and the Word was God. The Son is a second Person, not a second God, sharing the same divine substance as the Father.
The Son was begotten of the Father before all ages — not in time, not by division of substance, but by an eternal and ineffable generation. Cyril appeals to Proverbs 8 and Micah 5 to demonstrate that the Son's origin is "from everlasting." He warns against both the Arian error (the Son is a creature) and the Sabellian error (the Father and Son are the same person).
Cross-references
- 1John 4:9 — In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
- Gen 1:2 — And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
- Heb 1:5 — For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
- Heb 1:6 — And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
- Job 38:16 — Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
- Prov 3:20 — By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.