Proverbs 8:26
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Whileעַד־
(ad-)
5704: as far as, even to, up to, until, whilefrom adah
He had not yet madeעָ֭שָׂה
(a·sah)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
the earthאֶ֣רֶץ
(e·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
and the fields,וְחוּצֹ֑ות
(ve·chu·tzo·vt;)
2351: the outside, a streetof uncertain derivation
Norלֹ֣א
(lo)
3808: nota prim. adverb
the firstוְ֝רֹ֗אשׁ
(ve·rosh)
7218: heada prim. root
dustעָפְרֹ֥ות
(a·fe·ro·vt)
6083: dry earth, dustfrom an unused word
of the world.תֵּבֵֽל׃
(te·vel.)
8398: worldfrom yabal


















KJV Lexicon
While as yet he had not made
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
nor the fields
chuwts  (khoots)
abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
nor the highest part
ro'sh  (roshe)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
of the dust
`aphar  (aw-fawr')
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud -- ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
of the world
tebel  (tay-bale')
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a partic. land, as Babylonia, Palestine
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
While He had not yet made the earth and the fields, Nor the first dust of the world.

King James Bible
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
before He made the land, the fields, or the first soil on earth.

International Standard Version
Even though he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the world's first grains of dust,

NET Bible
before he made the earth and its fields, or the beginning of the dust of the world.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Before he would make the Earth and the floods and the beginning of the dust of the world

GOD'S WORD® Translation
when he had not yet made land or fields or the first dust of the world.

King James 2000 Bible
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the first of the dust of the world.
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