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Selected Verse: Proverbs 8:26 - American Standard

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 8:26	American Standard	While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
	King James	While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
fields--or, "out places," "deserts," as opposite to (habitable) "world." highest part--or, "sum," all particles together,

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

fields--or, "out places," "deserts," as opposite to (habitable) "world."

highest part--or, "sum," all particles together,

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The highest part of the dust of the world - literally, "the head of the dusts of the world;" an image of either: (1) the dry land, habitable, fit for cultivation, as contrasted with the waters of the chaotic deep; or (2) man himself. Compare Ecc 3:20.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The highest part of the dust of the world - literally, "the head of the dusts of the world;" an image of either:

(1) the dry land, habitable, fit for cultivation, as contrasted with the waters of the chaotic deep; or

(2) man himself. Compare Ecc 3:20.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The earth - The dry land called earth after it was separated from the waters Gen 1:10. Fields - The plain and open parts of the earth distinguished from the mountains. Dust - Of this lower part of the world which consists of dust.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

The earth - The dry land called earth after it was separated from the waters Gen 1:10. Fields - The plain and open parts of the earth distinguished from the mountains. Dust - Of this lower part of the world which consists of dust.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The highest part of the dust of the world - ראש עפרות תבל rosh aphroth tebel, "the first particle of matter." The prima materia, the primitive atom. All these verses (verses 3-29) are a periphrasis for I existed before creation, consequently before time was. I dwelt in God as a principle which might be communicated in its influences to intellectual beings when formed.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

The highest part of the dust of the world - ראש עפרות תבל rosh aphroth tebel, "the first particle of matter." The prima materia, the primitive atom. All these verses (verses 3-29) are a periphrasis for I existed before creation, consequently before time was. I dwelt in God as a principle which might be communicated in its influences to intellectual beings when formed.

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