before he made the earth and its fields, ¹  or the beginning ²  of the dust of the world.

biblegateway Pro 8:26

While He had not yet made the earth and the fields, Nor the first dust of the world.

before He made the land, the fields, or the first soil on earth.

when he had not yet made land or fields or the first dust of the world.

biblegateway Pro 8:26

before he made the earth or its fields or any of the dust of the world.

before he had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world.

bibleoremus Pro 8:26

when he had not yet made earth and fields, or the world’s first bits of soil.

when as yet he had made neither land nor streams nor the mass of the earth's soil.

biblegateway Pro 8:26

While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primeval dust of the world.

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

biblegateway Pro 8:26

before he made the earth and its fields, ¹  or the beginning ²  of the dust of the world.

¹ tn Heb “open places.”

² tn Here רֹאשׁ (ro’sh) means “beginning” with reference to time (BDB 911 s.v. 4.b).