Proverbs 8:25 (NASBStr)
“ Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills I was brought forth;
Proverbs 8:25 (ESV)
Before the mountains had been shaped,
before the hills, I was brought forth,
As we stated in other comments about these proverbs, Solomon, in chapter eight, is giving us a deep discussion on Wisdom. In particular Solomon has told us that Wisdom was "with God" in the beginning at creation. Here, in the above proverb, we see more evidence of that truth. Wisdom is old. It was there before the mountains were even settled (Hebrew word here for settled means to sink in ... to establish them). Before the mountains and the hills were even formed and planted into the depths of the earth, wisdom was here. Solomon is giving us insight into the eternality of wisdom. Some translations make the second line to replace "brought forth" with "born," indicating that Wisdom had a beginning. But, the context of the chapter is against that. Plus we know that Christ is the Wisdom of God, therefore there is no "birth" of her. What is meant here is that prior to the mountains being put in place, God put creation together .. with Wisdom. Wisdom was brought forth as the attribute of God used in the creation process. We might say that when we express love to our kids love was born. But, that doesn't mean love wasn't here before. It was just born to them at the moment. We don't value all things that are old, like Wisdom, in our society. An old couch doesn't get as much honor as an old bottle of wine. Wisdom is old. Very old. Solomon is making a point to tell us this and will continue over the next few verses to impress upon us the validity and value of wisdom; it was with God in the beginning. Through wisdom He established creation. Why not embrace wisdom by Fearing The Lord.
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