Proverbs 8:25
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Before the mountaines were setled: before the hilles, was I brought foorth:
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- Psalms 90:2Rank 1 from verse 25
- Job 15:7–8Rank 2 from verse 25
7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
7 Art thou the first man that was borne? or wast thou made before the hilles?
8*Hast thou heard the secret of God? and doest thou restraine wisedome to thy selfe?
- Job 38:4–11Rank 3 from verse 25
4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
4*Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? declare, †if thou hast vnderstanding.
5Who hath layd the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line vpon it?
6Wherepuon are the †foundations thereof †fastened? or who layd the corner stone thereof?
7When the morning starres sang together, and all the sonnes of God shouted for ioy.
8*Or who shut vp the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as if it had issued out of the wombe?
9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thicke darknesse a swadling band for it,
10And ‖brake vp for it my decreed place, and set barres and doores,
11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and heere shall †thy proud waues be stayed.
- Psalms 102:25–28Rank 4 from verse 25
25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
27But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
28The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
25*Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heauens are the worke of thy hands.
26†They shall perish, but thou shalt indure, yea all of them shall waxe old like a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shalbe changed.
27But thou art the same: and thy yeeres shall haue no end.
28The children of thy seruants shal continue: and their seed shall be established before thee.
- Hebrews 1:10Rank 5 from verse 25
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Proverbs 8:25
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.
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Past-tense, past-participial, or adjectival form of settle. Established firmly, fixed, resolved, determined, or remained in a fixed condition.
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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.
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8:24When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
8:24When there were no depthes, I was brought forth: when there were no fountaines abounding with water.
8:25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
8:25Before the mountaines were setled: before the hilles, was I brought foorth:
Selected passage8:26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
8:26‖‖While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.