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Then did he see it, and declare it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
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God's Active, Personal Mind
Scholars point out that the verbs used for God's interaction with wisdom—seeing, declaring, establishing, and searching—are all actions of an active mind. This portrays God not as an impersonal force or a deterministic law, but as a personal, thinking Being who acts with purpose and deliberation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then He saw it - That is, then He saw wisdom. When in the work of creation He gave laws to the rain and the thunderstorm, when He weighed ou…
19th Century
Anglican
The terms employed with reference to the Lord’s knowledge of wisdom are remarkable. They are:
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then did he see it, and declare it His own wisdom, when he made and executed his decrees concerning rain, lightning,…
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There is a twofold wisdom: one hidden in God, which is secret and does not belong to us; the other made known by him and revealed to man. One day's…
13th Century
Catholic
Since the author had shown that all precious things found in physical bodies are contained in specific places—which, though unknown to men, are sti…
