Proverbs 8:31
in Proverbs 8I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.
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ASV
Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.
KJV
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
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This verse in Proverbs 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Wisdom rejoices yet more in the world as inhabited by God’s rational creatures. (compare Isa 45:18). Giving joy and delight to God, she finds her delight among the sons of men. These words, like the rest, are as an unconscious prophecy fulfilled in the Divine Word, in whom were “hid all the treasures of Wisdom.” Compare the marginal reference: in Him the Father was well pleased; and yet His “joy also is fulfilled,” not in the glory of the material universe, but in His work among the sons of men.
This site's exposition
when he set a compass upon the face of the depth
on Proverbs 8:27-31
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: the creation account retold with wisdom present at every stage, the compass on the deep, the clouds established, the sea given his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, the same boundary Job 38:11 states as hitherto shalt thou come. Then I was by him, as one brought up with him, daily his delight, rejoicing always before him: the words are familial and glad, a craftsman or a nursling by the readings, and the philology of amon is carried by the bench without being settled. The poem lands at verse 31 in a place the reader does not expect: her delights were with the sons of men, wisdom rejoicing not only in the world but in us.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
on Proverbs 8:22-31
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.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶת | mesacheket | playing | H7832 → | 36 times |
| בְּתֵבֵ֣ל | betevel | in [the] world of | H8398 → | |
| אַרְצ֑וֹ | ʾartzo | earth his | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וְ֝שַׁעֲשֻׁעַ֗י | veshaashuai | and delight<s> my | H8191 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | [were] with | H854 → | 929 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] children of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָדָֽם׃ פ | ʾadam | humankind | H120 → | 551 times |
מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶתplaying
mesacheketH7832 →36 times
בְּתֵבֵ֣לin [the] world of
betevelH8398 →
אַרְצ֑וֹearth his
ʾartzoH776 →2504 times
וְ֝שַׁעֲשֻׁעַ֗יand delight<s> my
veshaashuaiH8191 →
אֶת־[were] with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] children of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
אָדָֽם׃ פhumankind
ʾadamH120 →551 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
it leads to
- Romans 8:32
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- Philippians 2:6–8
Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
- Matthew 20:28
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- Romans 5:8
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Romans 8:32
Through
John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
it leads to
- John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
- John 5:30
I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
- Job 23:12
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
- John 17:4
I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
- John 6:38
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About Proverbs
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.