Proverbs 8:22-31

Easy-to-Read Version

²² “The Lord made me in the beginning,
    long before he did anything else.
²³ I was formed a long time ago,
    before the world was made.
²⁴ I was born before there was an ocean,
    before the springs began to flow.
²⁵ I was born before the mountains and hills
    were set into place,
²⁶ before the earth and fields were made,
    before the dust of this world was formed.
²⁷ I was there when he set up the skies,
    when he drew a circle in the ocean to make a place for the land.
²⁸ I was there when he put the clouds in the sky
    and made the deep springs flow.
²⁹ I was there when he set the limits on the sea
    to make it stop where he said.
I was there when he laid the foundations of the earth.
³⁰ I grew up as a child by his side,^[a]
    laughing and playing all the time.
³¹ I played in the world he made
    and enjoyed the people he put there.