Proverbs 8:26
“While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
While as yet he had not made the earth,.... That is, the Lord, who possessed Wisdom, or Christ, and by whom he was set…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The highest part of the dust of the world - literally, “the head of the dusts of the world;” an image of either: (1) the…
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
highest part Rather, beginning; R.V. text ("or sum," marg.); i.e. the primary elements out of which other things were…