KJV ORIGINAL
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
The LORD had me from the very beginning of his work, before he made anything in ancient times.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Wisdom is saying that God had her with him from the very beginning, before he created anything else.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of a larger passage where Wisdom is personified as speaking about herself. In Hebrew poetry, abstract concepts like wisdom were often given human characteristics to make them more relatable. Jewish and early Christian interpreters debated whether this referred to God's attribute of wisdom or to a distinct person within the Godhead.
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