
Text -- Proverbs 8:23 (NET)




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Wesley: Pro 8:23 - -- Heb. anointed, constituted to be the person by whom the Father resolved to do all his works, to create, to uphold and govern and judge, to redeem and ...
Heb. anointed, constituted to be the person by whom the Father resolved to do all his works, to create, to uphold and govern and judge, to redeem and save the world.

Before which, there was nothing but a vast eternity.

Which together with the heaven, was the first of God's visible works.
JFB -> Pro 8:23
JFB: Pro 8:23 - -- Ordained, or inaugurated (Psa 2:6). The other terms carry out the idea of the earliest antiquity, and illustrate it by the details of creation [Pro 8:...
Ordained, or inaugurated (Psa 2:6). The other terms carry out the idea of the earliest antiquity, and illustrate it by the details of creation [Pro 8:24-29].
Clarke -> Pro 8:23
Clarke: Pro 8:23 - -- I was set up from everlasting - נסכתי nissachti , "I was diffused or poured out,"from נסך nasach , "to diffuse, pour abroad, as a spirit o...
I was set up from everlasting -
Defender -> Pro 8:23
"Set up" is the same word as "anointed.""
TSK -> Pro 8:23

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Barnes -> Pro 8:23
Barnes: Pro 8:23 - -- I was set up - Rather, "I was anointed"(compare Psa 2:6 margin: 2Ch 28:15). The image is that of Wisdom anointed, as at her birth, with "the oi...
Poole -> Pro 8:23
Poole: Pro 8:23 - -- Set up Heb. anointed ; ordained or constituted to be the person by whom the Father resolved to do all his works, first to create, and then to uphold...
Set up Heb. anointed ; ordained or constituted to be the person by whom the Father resolved to do all his works, first to create, and then to uphold, and govern, and judge, and afterwards to redeem and save the world; all which works are particularly ascribed to the Son of God, as is manifest from Joh 1:1 , &c.; Col 1:16,17 Heb 1:3 , and many other places, as we may see hereafter in their several places.
From the beginning before which there was nothing but a vast eternity.
Or ever the earth was which he mentions, because this, together with the heaven, was the first of God’ s visible works.
Haydock -> Pro 8:23
Haydock: Pro 8:23 - -- Up. Hebrew, "anointed." Septuagint, "he founded." Christ was appointed to be the foundation, on which we must be built. (St. Athanasius iii. Orat...
Up. Hebrew, "anointed." Septuagint, "he founded." Christ was appointed to be the foundation, on which we must be built. (St. Athanasius iii. Orat.)
Gill -> Pro 8:23
Gill: Pro 8:23 - -- I was set up from everlasting,.... I, a person, and not a quality; a person, and not a nature; the person of Christ as the Son of God, and not the hum...
I was set up from everlasting,.... I, a person, and not a quality; a person, and not a nature; the person of Christ as the Son of God, and not the human nature of Christ, which then did not exist; this phrase designs the ordination and constitution of Christ in his office as Mediator. So the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "I was ordained"; Christ was foreordained to be the Redeemer and Saviour of men, to be the propitiation for their sins, to be the head of the church, and the Judge of the world. It intends likewise his inauguration into his office, and his investiture with it; and because anointing with oil was used in installing persons into the offices of prophet, priest, and king; hence Christ's instalment into his office as Mediator is here expressed by an anointing; for the words may be rendered, "I was anointed" i; it takes in all that goes to his constitution as Mediator, his call, appointment, and investiture; and the whole of his office, every part and branch of it; and chiefly his kingly office, with reference to which the same word is used Psa 2:6; and so Gersom paraphrases it,
"and there were given to me power, dominion, and greatness;''
all which suppose the eternity of his person; for had he not existed from everlasting, he could not have been set up, and anointed as Mediator, or invested with his office as such;
from the beginning, or ever the earth was; or from the first of the earth, or the original of it; that is, before all time, before the earth or anything was created; this further confirms the eternal existence of Christ's person, the antiquity of his office, the early provision of grace in him as Mediator for his people, and may lead to entertain high and honourable thoughts of him.

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NET Notes: Pro 8:23 The verb “existed” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation in the light of the context.
Geneva Bible -> Pro 8:23
Geneva Bible: Pro 8:23 ( l ) I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
( l ) He declares the eternity of the Son of God, who was before all ...

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TSK Synopsis -> Pro 8:1-36
TSK Synopsis: Pro 8:1-36 - --1 The fame,6 and evidence of wisdom.10 The excellency,12 the nature,15 the power,18 the riches,22 and the eternity of wisdom.32 Wisdom is to be desire...
MHCC -> Pro 8:22-31
MHCC: Pro 8:22-31 - --The Son of God declares himself to have been engaged in the creation of the world. How able, how fit is the Son of God to be the Saviour of the world,...
Matthew Henry -> Pro 8:22-31
Matthew Henry: Pro 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 essential property of the divine n...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Pro 8:23
Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 8:23 - --
A designation of the When? expressed first by מאז (Isa 48:8, cf. Isa 40:21), is further unfolded:
"From everlasting was I set up,
From the beg...
Constable: Pro 1:1--9:18 - --I. DISCOURSES ON WISDOM chs. 1--9
Verse one introduces both the book as a whole and chapters 1-9 in particular. ...

Constable: Pro 8:1--9:18 - --C. The Value of Wisdom and Wise Conduct chs. 8-9
Solomon explained the value of wisdom in many ways alre...

Constable: Pro 8:1-36 - --1. The function of wisdom ch. 8
Chapter 8 is an apology (defense) of wisdom. The argument of thi...
