Proverbs 8:30 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 8:30

Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

KJV

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ASV

Then I was by him, asa master workman; And I was dailyhisdelight, Rejoicing always before him,

WEB

Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.

YLT

Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight--day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,

DBT

then I was by him [his] nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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John 1:1–3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Isaiah 42:1
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Matthew 3:17
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
John 12:28
Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

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Strictly, God's attributes are part of Himself. Yet, to the poetical structure of the whole passage, this commendation of wisdom is entirely consonant. In order of time all His attributes are coincident and eternal as Himself.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

), for he was the express image of his person, Heb. i. His eternity; he was begotten of the Father, for the Lord possessed him, as his own Son, his beloved Son, laid him in his bosom; he was brought forth as the only-begotten of the Father, and this before all worlds, which is most largely insisted upon here.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

13 ), but the mutual consciousness and good understanding that were between them concerning the work of man's redemption, which the Son was to undertake, and about which the counsel of peace was between them both, Zech. vi.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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