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Proverbs 8:30

Proverbs 8:30
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Then I was by him, as one brought up with him,.... He was then, and from all eternity, "by him", or "with him" (q);…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

As one brought up with him - i. e., As his foster child. Others take the word in the original in another sense, “I was…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 8:22-31

That it is an intelligent and divine person that here speaks seems very plain, and that it is not meant of a mere…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

one brought upwith him] The Heb. root is used of bringing up a child, acting as nurse or foster-parent to it, Rth 4:16;…