Proverbs 8:31 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 8:31

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

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ASV

Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.

WEB

I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.

YLT

Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights are with the sons of men.

DBT

rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights [were] with the sons of men.

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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Psalms 16:3
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
John 13:1
Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
Psalms 40:6–8
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Psalms 139:17
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
Hebrews 10:7
Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

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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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

26 ), Let us make man, but in the redemption and salvation of man. The Son of God was ordained, before the world, to that great work, 1 Pet. i. A remnant of the sons of men were given him to be brought, through his grace, to his glory, and these were those in whom his delights were.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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