Wisdom, personified as a woman, speaks. The verb qanah in verse 22 can mean possessed, acquired, or created, and the choice was the pivot of the fourth-century Arian controversy: if Wisdom was created, and Christ is Wisdom, then Christ was created. The Septuagint's 'created' is what Arius argued from.
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Passage
TextJehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was. 1 Reference Scheme Translation
TranslationThe Holy Bible, American Standard Version 1 TranslatorAmerican Revision Committee 1 Connections
Concerns
Christianity, Religions The proof text of the Arian controversy over whether the Son is created.
Bears directly on the formulation of the Trinity.
Passage Of
Source The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line textAmerican Revision Committee
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1. The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line text
American Revision Committee, eBible.org (digital edition), 1901Proverbs 8:22-23View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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