Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136">3068 [e] יְֽהוָ֗ה Yah-weh Yahweh N-proper-ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to get, acquire, obtain 1a1a) of God originating, creating, redeeming His people 1a1a1) possessor 1a1b) of Eve acquiring 1a1c) of acquiring knowledge, wisdom 1a2) to buy 1b) (Niphal) to be bought 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to possess">7069 [e] קָ֭נָנִי qā-nā-nî possessed me V-Qal-Perf-3ms | 1cs 1a) beginning 1b) first 1c) chief 1d) choice part">7225 [e] רֵאשִׁ֣ית rê-šîṯ at the beginning N-fsc 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)">1870 [e] דַּרְכּ֑וֹ dar-kōw; of His way N-csc | 3ms 1) east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime 1a) front, from the front or east, in front, mount of the East 1b) ancient time, aforetime, ancient, from of old, earliest time 1c) anciently, of old (adverb) 1d) beginning 1e) east adv 2) eastward, to or toward the East">6924 [e] קֶ֖דֶם qe-ḏem Before N-msc 4659 [e] מִפְעָלָ֣יו mip̄-‘ā-lāw His works N-mpc | 3ms 1a) temporal expressions 1a1) then (past) 1a2) then, if...then (future) 1a3) earlier 1b) logical expressions 1b1) in that case 1b2) that (being so)">227 [e] מֵאָֽז׃ mê-’āz. from then Prep-m | Adv

New American Standard Bible
"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.

King James Bible
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD made me at the beginning of His creation, before His works of long ago.

Proverbs 3:19 The LORD by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding has he …

John 1:1,2 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the …

Colossians 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

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