Proverbs 8:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 8:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wisdom rejoices yet more in the world as inhabited by God’s rational creatures. (compare Isaiah 45:18 ). Giving joy and delight to God, she finds her delight among the sons of men. These words, li...
Proverbs 8:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(n) Rejoicing in the habitable part of (o) his earth; and my delights [were] with the sons of men. (n) By which is declared that the work of the creation was no pain, but a solace to the wisdom of G...
Proverbs 8:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 8. Wisdom Speaks in her own Person. This chapter forms at once the nucleus and the climax of this section of the book. The series of addresses on practical wisdom is fitly closed by a prof...
Proverbs 8:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the habitable part of His earth. Hebrew. tebel 'arez. See note on "world", Proverbs 8:26 . men. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14. Compare Genesis 2:19 ; Genesis 3:8 ; Genesis 3:21 . Made in His ima...
Proverbs 8:31 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 770 WISDOM’S ADDRESS TO MEN Proverbs 8:29-32 . When he appointed the foundations of the earth, then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing al...
Proverbs 8:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth - There God displays especially his wisdom in ordering and dire...
Proverbs 8:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My delights were with the sons of men— The wisdom of God communicated itself to men, preferably to all other sensible creatures here below; having given to them alone intelligence, and a soul capab...
Proverbs 8:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. Rejoicing is the habitable part of his earth. Not only do I rejoice in the presence of the Father, but...
Proverbs 8:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Wisdom's Cry Wisdom now reappears as a preacher, holding forth in all the places where men most do congregate. After expounding in varied ways the excellence of the gifts which she can bestow, she...
Proverbs 8:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth. — Rather, the fertile part. (Comp. Genesis 1:31 , where the satisfaction of God with His creation is described; and Psalms 104:31 .) My delights...
Proverbs 8:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 9 THE FIRST-BORN OF THE CREATOR "Doth not Wisdom cry?"- Proverbs 8:1 In the last chapter a dark and revolting picture of Vice was drawn. This chapter contains a lovely and living pictu...
Proverbs 8:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Finding Wisdom, Finding Life Proverbs 8:22-36 The world did not come into being by chance . It was created by an intelligent Creator. Nothing is arbitrary or by accident. Law is the expression...
Proverbs 8:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The section containing the instructions of wisdom ends with two discourses, the first of which is the great call of wisdom. This takes up and deals more minutely with the call in the earlier part of...
Proverbs 8:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; w...
Proverbs 8:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ,.... In that part of the earth which is habitable; in filling it with inhabitants; in preserving and sustaining it in being, and the inhabitants of it;...
Proverbs 8:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights [were] with the sons of men. Ver. 31. Rejoicing in the habitable part. ] That is, In the human nature, wherein the fulness of the Go...
Proverbs 8:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then I was by him Conversant with him, and united to him, as was said before; as one brought up with him As one tenderly and dearly beloved by him. I was daily his delight His elect; in whom h...
Proverbs 8:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

To the writer Proverbs 8:1-36 provides one of the clearest proofs that the Lord Jesus is the Son of the Father from eternity. It is certainly not the only Scripture that proves this precious and won...
Proverbs 8:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Wisdom Eternal and Divine. 22 The L ORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23 I was...
Proverbs 8:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; in contemplating the wonderful wisdom and goodness of God in the making and ordering of all his creatures, and of man especially. My delights were wit...
Proverbs 8:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

5) Wisdom Was With God In Creation And Rejoices In The Ongoing Of His Creation ( Proverbs 8:22-31 ). Lest we have any doubt about what wisdom Solomon is speaking about he now makes it very clear (...
Proverbs 8:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 8:22 . Jehovah possessed me . The signification of this verb has been the subject of much discussion; ancient expositors, believing Wisdom here to be the eternal Son of G...
Proverbs 8:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 8:1 . Doth not Wisdom cry? This woman is the reverse of the harlot, in the preseding chapter. She represents true religion clothed in every form of grace and glory: Christ, the Word and W...
Proverbs 8:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord possessed us in the beginning of His way. Wisdom the first creation of God Here is the noble idea which overturns at a touch all mythological speculations about the origin of things--a...
Proverbs 8:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 8:1-20 14. Fourteenth admonitory discourse concerning Wisdom—her excellence, her origin, her gifts. She is contrasted with the strange woman of Proverbs 7:1-20 ; and...
Proverbs 8:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Origins and the Blessings of the Personal Wisdom
Proverbs 8:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 8:9 ; John 13:1 ; John 4:34 ; Psalms 16:3 ; Psalms 40:6-8
Proverbs 8:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My delights were — To uphold them by my power and providence, to reveal myself and my Father's will to them from age to age, to assume their nature, and to redeem and save them.

Proverbs 8:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 8:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 8:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 8:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 8:31 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 8:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 8:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 8:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 8:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 8:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 8:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 8:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 8:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 8:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 8:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 8:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 8:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 8:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 8:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 8:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 8:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 8:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 8:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 8:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 8:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 8:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 8:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 8:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes