# Proverbs 8.22 **Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 20. I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice; 21. That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries. > > **22. Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.** > > 23. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was. 24. When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. (Proverbs 8:20-24, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 20. I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice; 21. That I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries. > > **22. “Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.** > > 23. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed. 24. When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water. (Proverbs 8:20-24, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 20. I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: lead: or, walk 21. That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. > > **22. The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.** > > 23. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 24. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. (Proverbs 8:20-24, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 20. In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment, 21. To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill. > > **22. Jehovah possessed me, the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.** > > 23. From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth. 24. In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy [with] waters, (Proverbs 8:20-24, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Anyone Who Affirms Universals Must Affirm God](/codex/anyone-who-affirms-universals-must-affirm-god/), via [Proverbs 8.22-30](/codex/proverbs-8-22-30/) - [Argument from Intelligibility](/codex/argument-from-intelligibility/), via [Proverbs 8.22-31](/codex/proverbs-8-22-31/) - [Argument from Mathematical Truth](/codex/argument-from-mathematical-truth/), via [Proverbs 8.22-31](/codex/proverbs-8-22-31/) - [Argument from Mathematics (Guillen)](/codex/argument-from-mathematics-guillen/), via [Proverbs 8.22-31](/codex/proverbs-8-22-31/) - [Argument from the Reality of Mathematical Infinity](/codex/argument-from-the-reality-of-mathematical-infinity/), via [Proverbs 8.22-31](/codex/proverbs-8-22-31/) - [Cumulative Case for the Deity of Christ](/codex/cumulative-case-for-the-deity-of-christ/), via [Proverbs 8.22-31](/codex/proverbs-8-22-31/) - [Fifth Way - Teleology](/codex/fifth-way-teleology/), via [Proverbs 8.22-31](/codex/proverbs-8-22-31/) - [Hofweber Internalist Deflationism Objection Defeater](/codex/hofweber-internalist-deflationism-objection-defeater/), via [Proverbs 8.22-31](/codex/proverbs-8-22-31/) **Concepts:** - [Arianism](/codex/arianism/) - [Christ Was Made (Misread Proof-Texts)](/codex/christ-was-made-misread-proof-texts/) - [Laws of the Universe as Witness to Design](/codex/laws-of-the-universe-as-witness-to-design/), via [Proverbs 8.22-31](/codex/proverbs-8-22-31/) - [Logos Christology](/codex/logos-christology/) - [Mathematical Intelligibility of Nature](/codex/mathematical-intelligibility-of-nature/), via [Proverbs 8.22-31](/codex/proverbs-8-22-31/) - [Old Testament Christology](/codex/old-testament-witness-to-the-deity-of-christ/), via [Proverbs 8.22-31](/codex/proverbs-8-22-31/) - [Old Testament Witness to the Deity of Christ](/codex/old-testament-witness-to-the-deity-of-christ/), via [Proverbs 8.22-31](/codex/proverbs-8-22-31/) - [Trinity vs Oneness vs Modalism vs Arianism](/codex/trinity-vs-oneness-vs-modalism-vs-arianism/) - [Two Powers in Heaven](/codex/two-powers-in-heaven/), via [Proverbs 8.22-31](/codex/proverbs-8-22-31/) **Lexicon:** - [H7225 - reshit](/codex/h7225-reshit/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.