Proverbs 8:31
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
KJV
ludens in orbe terrarum ; et deliciæ meæ esse cum filiis hominum.
Vulgate
ὅτε ἐνευφραίνετο τὴν οἰκουμένην συντελέσας, καὶ εὐφραίνετο ἐν υἱοῖς ἀνθρώπων.
LXX
Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.
ASV
מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶת בְּ/תֵבֵ֣ל אַרְצ֑/וֹ וְ֝/שַׁעֲשֻׁעַ֗/י אֶת בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
י
y
noun · 9×
מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים
mshchqym
verb · 35×
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…
82. Hence the whole earth is filled with the knowledge of Him; for the knowledge of Father through Son and of Son from Father is one and the same, and the Father delights in Him, and in the same joy the Son rejoices in the Father, saying, 'I was by Him, daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him Proverbs 8:30.' And this again proves that the Son is not foreign, but proper t…
Cross-references
- Heb 10:7 — Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
- John 13:1 — Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto t
- Ps 16:3 — But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
- Ps 16:3 — But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
- Ps 40:6 — Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.