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True, in that there was no need of a Savior before that point.Proverbs 8:23
I was formed long ages ago, at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
Christ was formed in the beginning of creation by Yahwah.
Other translations read.....
Young's Literal Translation
From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth
Douay-Rheims Bible
I was set up from eternity, and of old before the earth was made.
Darby Bible Translation
I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.
English Revised Version
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
Webster's Bible Translation
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
World English Bible
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
New Living Translation
I was appointed in ages past, at the very first, before the earth began.
English Standard Version
Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
New American Standard Bible
"From everlasting I was established, From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.
King James Bible
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
I was formed before ancient times, from the beginning, before the earth began.
International Standard Version
From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before there was land
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
8:22-31 The Son of God declares himself to have been engaged in the creation of the world. How able, how fit is the Son of God to be the Saviour of the world, who was the Creator of it! The Son of God was ordained, before the world, to that great work. Does he delight in saving wretched sinners, and shall not we delight in his salvation?
Pulpit Commentary
Verse 23. - I was set up from everlasting. The verb used here is remarkable. It is נָסַך(nasak), in niph.; and it is found in Psalm 2:6, "I have set my King upon my holy hill." Both here and there it has been translated "anointed," which would make a noteworthy reference to Christ. But there seems no proof that the word has this meaning. It signifies properly "to pour forth" (as of molten metal), then "to put down," "to appoint or establish."
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
I was set up from everlasting,.... I, a person, and not a quality; a person, and not a nature; the person of Christ as the Son of God, and not the human nature of Christ, which then did not exist; this phrase designs the ordination and constitution of Christ in his office as Mediator. So the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "I was ordained";