Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
when he set . . . depth—marked out the circle, according to the popular idea of the earth, as circular, surrounded by depths on which the visible concave heavens rested.
Strictly, God's attributes are part of Himself. Yet, to the poetical structure of the whole passage, this commendation of wisdom is entirely consonant. In order of time all His attributes are coincident and eternal as Himself. But to set forth the importance of wisdom as devising the products of benevolence and power, it is here assigned a precedence. As it has such in divine, so should it be desired in human, affairs (compare Proverbs 3:19).
possessed—or, "created"; in either sense, the idea of precedence.
in the beginning—or simply, "beginning," in apposition with "me."
before . . . of old—preceding the most ancient deeds.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Proverbs 8:27:
Genesis 1:1
Job 26:10
Job 28:12
Job 28:25
Job 28:27
Job 28:28
Job 31:12
Proverbs 8:23
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