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Jesus is the everlasting Wisdom of God, and the Wisdom of God is brought forth (Proverbs 8:25).
The passage about Wisdom, Proverbs chapter 8, is rich in metaphor. The Book of Proverbs contains poetry, a part of the Ketuvim - the Kh in TaNaKh.
A metaphor is defined as "a figure of speech by which, from some supposed resemblance or analogy, a name, an attribute, or an action belonging to or characteristic of one object is assigned to another to which it is not literally applicable; the figurative transfer of a descriptive or affirmative word or phrase from one thing to another; implied comparison by transference of terms: as, the ship spread its wings to the breeze; 'Judah is a lion's whelp,' Gen. xlix. 9." (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.)
The opening of the Proverbs 8 passage makes the metaphorical element for the entire chapter abundantly clear with "Does not wisdom call, and understanding lift up her voice?" (Proverbs 8:1).
The writing of the Apostle Paul "Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God" (1 Corinthians 1:24) is relevant about God's Wisdom because apart from God's wisdom there is only foolishness and folly. Jesus Christ is literally the Wisdom of God.
In Proverbs chapter 8, wisdom is portrayed as a female, that is, "her"; on the other hand, the Apostle Paul declares that wisdom is a male, that is, Christ Jesus, "Him"; therefore the opening verse of Proverbs 8 clearly marks the metaphorical application for the chapter.
Proverbs chapter 8 is a metaphorical writing, so anybody taking Proverbs 8 as literal is taking Proverbs 8 out of context.
THE TRUTH (JOHN 14:6) ABOUT PROVERBS 8:22
"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old." (Proverbs 8:22, NASB)
"Jehovah possessed me -- the beginning of His way, Before His works since then." (Proverbs 8:22, YLT)
"The Lord created me the head of his ways for his works." (Proverbs 8:22, Septuagint - Apostolic Polyglot)
Proverbs 8 is a analogy, and the author is speaking metaphorically. Proverbs is poetry.
The word "created" (
Strong's 2936 in the Septuagint's Proverbs 8:22 is more properly "founded" in the metaphorical sense and context of Proverbs. The word "founded" represents "established", as in establishing the King, that is, making the King apparent.
According to the Septuagint, YHWH God founded the Wisdom of God the beginning of God's ways for God's works.
"All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being" (John 1:3), so the Wisdom of God, Jesus, begins the creation and completes the creation (Proverbs 8:22, Revelation 3:14), Jesus is the beginning of creation of God because Jesus is not created while Jesus performed the creative act.
The Proverbs 8:22 Septuagint passage does not state the Wisdom of God was created, rather "the beginning of God's ways for God's works" is the Wisdom of God.
The Hebrew language is more expressive and accurate than the Septuagint's Greek with respect to this matter!
Proverbs 8:22 of the TaNaKh (the Hebrew Bible) has the word "possessed" (Strong's 7069) which properly and truthfully conveys that YHWH God possessed Wisdom at the beginning of God's way, before God's works of old - God always has Wisdom.
Your Proverbs 8:22 delusion is exposed!
THE TRUTH (JOHN 14:6) ABOUT PROVERBS 8:24-25
"When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water" (Proverbs 8:24, NASB).
"Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills I was brought forth" (Proverbs 8:25, NASB).
"and before the abysses making; before the coming forth of the springs of waters:" (Proverbs 8:24, Septuagint - Apostolic Polyglot)
"before of the mountains the seating: and before all the hills he engenders me" (Proverbs 8:25, Septuagint - Apostolic Polyglot)
To be honest, the phrase "he engenders" in the Septuagint's Proverbs 8:25 is
Strong's 1080 (literally birth, metaphorically endender, cause to arise, excite).
In the metaphorical context of Proverbs, the word "engenders" must be employed for the Septuagint - this is according to the Greek language, so the word "engenders" represents "cause to arise", as in cause to arise the King to the throne, that is, making the King abundantly apparent.
Again, the TaNaKh in the Hebrew language is more expressive and accurate than the Septuagint's Greek as will be demonstrated here.
The phrase "brought forth" carries the meaning of an unveiling as in royalty being presented.
The phrase "brought forth" is translated from chuwl (Stong's 2342 chuwl
biblehub.com/hebrew/2342.htm) with these definitions (in order):
- dance
- twist, writhe
- whirl
with various subsections for the definitions.
The phrase "waited for anxiously" is among the definitions for "brought forth" - specifically in association with Proverbs 8:24 and Proverbs 8:25.
The phrase "waited for anxiously", that is "brought forth", conveys the debut of God's Wisdom.
The phrase "waited for anxiously" carries the meaning of an unveiling as in royalty being presented.
The Wisdom of God was waited for anxiously by the creation IS THE CONTEXT in Proverbs 8 and expressed explicitly in Proverbs 8:24-25.
The phrase "brought forth" is translated from the Hebrew word chuwl (Stong's 2342) which conveys danced, paraded, brought forth, presented, and displayed, not created.
God brought forth in majesty God's Wisdom; in other words, YHWH God displayed the Wisdom of God in wonderful regal array.
The Wisdom of God is everlasting - Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:24). YHWH God is always full of the Wisdom of God!
Since those of you who think that the Wisdom of God was created according to your interpretation of Proverbs 8, then you hold dear to your heart that YHWH God was lacking/absent of Wisdom.
In effect, you accuse YHWH God of being stupid.
The Wisdom of God is everlasting. YHWH God is always full of Wisdom!
You shamelessly and foolishly claim that God was stupid because you say that God's Wisdom was created according to Proverbs 8 - so your heart's contention is that God was without God's Wisdom at some point in eternity past.