Proverbs 8:30 ASV — MannaFest

Proverbs 8:30

Then I was by him, as a master workman; And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him,

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KJV

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

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The verses this one reaches10

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, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Isaiah 42:1
Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
Matthew 3:17
and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
John 12:28
Father, glorify thy name. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
John 16:28
I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.
Matthew 17:5
While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
Colossians 1:13
who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
John 3:35
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

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Themes on this verse

Wisdom
Wisdom as master workman beside the Creator, the seed of later Christ-identification

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Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

About this book

King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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.

Canon: Old Testament
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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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page, and every stop travels with its words.

Through
John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
leads to
- Colossians 1:15
  who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
- John 6:46
  Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he that is from God, he hath seen the Father.
- Matthew 11:27
  All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son…
- Luke 10:22
  All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, save the Father; and who the Father is, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the…
- 1 John 4:12
  No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
Through
Isaiah 42:1
Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
leads to
- Matthew 12:18–21
  Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.
- Luke 3:22
  and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
Through
Matthew 3:17
and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
leads to
- Isaiah 42:1
  Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

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