Provérbios 8:26-27 NVIPT

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:22-36

Wisdom in eternity and in time This sublime view lifts us at once above the seeming contradictions of time, and suggests the solution of all its problems in God. I. SHE IS OF THE DIVINE BEGINNINGS OR ELEMENTS . ( Proverbs 8:22 .) An element in chemistry is the last simple substance we can reach in analysis. An element in thought is the last simple notion yielded by the dialectic of the understanding. Wisdom is thus before the visible creation—the earth, the sea, the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:26

Before the mountains were settled ( Job 38:6 ). It is questioned where the mountains were supposed to be fixed, and some have thought that they are represented as fixed in the depths of the earth. But, as we learn from Genesis 1:9 , they are regarded as rising from the waters, their foundations are laid in the great deep. So the psalmist, speaking of the waters, says, "They went up by the mountains, they went down by the valleys, unto the place which thou hast founded for them" ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:26

The earth, nor the fields . The distinction intended is land as cultivated and occupied by buildings, etc; and waste uncultivated land outside towns. Septuagint, "The Lord made countries and uninhabited places ( ἀοικήτους );" Vulgate, Adhuc terram non fecerat, et flumina. Hebrew, chutsoth ; things without, abroad, hence open country. The Vulgate rendering, and that of Aquila and Symmaehus, ἐξόδους , are plainly erroneous, as waters have already been mentioned ( Proverbs 8:24... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:27

After asserting the pre-existence of Wisdom, the writer tells her part in the work of creation. When he prepared the heavens, I was there. When God made the firmament, and divided the waters above it and below ( Genesis 1:7 ), Wisdom cooperated. When he set a compass upon the face of the depth. חוּג ( chug ) , "circle," or "circuit" (as Job 22:14 ), means the vault of heaven, conceived of as resting on the ocean which surrounds the earth, in partial accordance with the notion... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 8:22-26

Proverbs 8:22-26 . The Lord possessed me As his eternal Wisdom and Word, which was in the beginning with him, John 1:1, and in him, John 14:10, and was afterward made flesh, and dwelt among men, as the only begotten of the Father, full of truth and grace, John 1:14. Before his works of old His works of creation, as it follows. He is before all things, says the apostle, and by him all things consist, Colossians 1:17. I had glory with the Father, says this eternal wisdom, before... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 8:27-29

Proverbs 8:27-29. When he prepared the heavens I was there Not as an idle spectator, but as a co-worker with my Father. When he set a compass upon the face of the depth Of that great abyss of water and earth, mixed together, which is called both earth, and water, and the deep, (Genesis 1:2,) when he made this lower world in the form of a globe. When he established the clouds above Hebrew, strengthened them, by his word and decree, which alone upholds the clouds in the air,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:1-36

Eternal wisdom available to all (8:1-36)Once again wisdom is personified as a woman standing in a public place and speaking to the people who pass by (8:1-3; cf. 1:20-21). Even the immature and foolish can learn wisdom (4-5). One characteristic of wisdom is speech that is wholesome, true and straightforward (6-9). The instruction given by wisdom is beyond value, for it produces all those qualities most necessary for a truly worthwhile life. Yet it will not lead to pride, for people can only... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 8:26

earth. Hebrew ' eretz . the highest part: or, the first atoms or particles. world = the habitable world. Hebrew. tebel (not 'eretz dearth). The Talmud ( Taanith vol. 10A) distinguishes 'eretz as meaning the land of Israel, from the world as meaning the outside lands. Compare Matthew 2:20 . read more

E.W. Bullinger