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An Echo of God's Eternity
Commentators explain that the phrase "before the mountains" directly echoes Psalm 90:2, which describes God's own eternal nature. By applying this same language to Wisdom (understood as Christ), the verse asserts that the Son shares the same timeless, divine eternity as God the Father.
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Albert Barnes
On Proverbs 8:25
18th Century
Theologian
Compare Psalms 90:2. What the Psalmist said of Yahweh, the teacher here asserts of Wisdom; she was before the everlasting hills.
John Gill
On Proverbs 8:25
17th Century
Pastor
Before the mountains were settled
Plunged F12, or fixed in the earth; and which was done by the great str…
Matthew Henry
On Proverbs 8:22–31
17th Century
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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 wor…