Proverbs 8:26

NETBible

before he made the earth and its fields, 1  or the beginning 2  of the dust of the world.

NIV ©

before he made the earth or its fields or any of the dust of the world.

NASB ©

While He had not yet made the earth and the fields, Nor the first dust of the world.

NLT ©

before he had made the earth and fields and the first handfuls of soil.

MSG ©

Long before GOD stretched out Earth's Horizons, and tended to the minute details of Soil and Weather,

BBE ©

When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world.

NRSV ©

when he had not yet made earth and fields, or the world’s first bits of soil.

NKJV ©

While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primeval dust of the world.

KJV
While as yet he had not made
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nor the highest part
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{fields: or, open places} {the highest...: or, the chief part}
NASB ©
While
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N-APF
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CONJ
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CONJ
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NET [draft] ITL
before
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he made
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the earth
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and its fields
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, or the beginning
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of the dust
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of the world
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HEBREW
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NETBible

before he made the earth and its fields, 1  or the beginning 2  of the dust of the world.

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “open places.”

2 tn Here רֹאשׁ (ro’sh) means “beginning” with reference to time (BDB 911 s.v. 4.b).