Catholic Public Domain Version
"The abyss did not yet exist, and I was already conceived; neither had the fountains of waters yet erupted. "
— Proverbs 8:24, Catholic Public Domain Version
“When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.”
“When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. ”
“When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.”
“When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water;”
“The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived, neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out.”
“When there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water.”
“When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.”
so that I may enrich those who love me, and thus complete their treasures.
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything, from the beginning.
I was ordained from eternity, and out of antiquity, before the earth was formed.
The abyss did not yet exist, and I was already conceived; neither had the fountains of waters yet erupted.
The mountains, with their great mass, had not yet been established. Before the hills, I was brought forth.
Still he had not made the earth, and the rivers, and the poles of the globe of the earth.
I was already present: when he prepared the heavens; when, with a certain law and a circuit, he fortified the abyss;