Proverbs 8:26
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
KJV
Adhuc terram non fecerat, et flumina, et cardines orbis terræ.
Vulgate
Κύριος ἐποίησεν χώρας καὶ ἀοικήτους καὶ ἄκρα οἰκούμενα τῆς ὑπ’ οὐρανῶν.
LXX
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
ASV
עַד לֹ֣א עָ֭שָׂה אֶ֣רֶץ וְ/חוּצ֑וֹת וְ֝/רֹ֗אשׁ עָפְר֥וֹת תֵּבֵֽל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
ה
h
noun · 164×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×
תֵּבֵ֥ל
tbl
noun · 36×
Historic Christian voices
3 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…
Cross-references
- Isa 40:12 — Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a
- Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.