Proverbs 8:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Possessed me, as his Son by eternal generation, who was from eternity with him, as is said, 1 Thessalonians 14:10; and in him, as he also was in me, 1 Thessalonians 14:10. In the beginning; yea, and before the beginning, as it is largely expressed in the following verses. Of his way; either,

1. Of his counsels or decrees. Or rather,

2. Of his works of creation, as it follows.

Proverbs 8:22

22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.