This translation is from the New American Standard Bible. Other translations are available here. Information about the original Hebrew meaning of what seem to be the key words is provided immediately below the scriptural text.
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“The Lord created me at the beginning of His way, before His works of old. 23From eternity I was established, from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.24When there were no ocean depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was born; 26while He had not yet made the earth and the fields, nor the first dust of the world.
27When He established the heavens, I was there; when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, 28when He made firm the skies above, when the springs of the deep became fixed, 29when He set a boundary for the sea so that the water would not violate His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth; 30Then I was beside Him, as a master workman; and I was His delight daily, rejoicing always before Him, 31rejoicing in the world, His earth, and having my delight in the sons of mankind.
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created = קָנָה = qānâ Blue Letter Bible get, acquire, create, buy, possess; procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
established = נָסַךְ = nāsaḵ Blue Letter Bible to pour out, pour, to be poured out; offer; cast; to anoint (a king), be anointed; to set, install; make a libation
beside = אֵצֶל = 'ēṣel Blue Letter Bible beside, by, near, nearness, joining, proximity; conjunction; contiguous to
master workman = אָמוֹן = 'āmôn Blue Letter Bible artificer, architect; master workman, skilled workman; firm and sure in his workman-ship; son, foster son
delight = שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים = šaʿăšûʿîm Blue Letter Bible delight, enjoyment, pleasure; object of delight
rejoicing = שָׂחַק = śāḥaq Blue Letter Bible to laugh, play; sport; to jest; to play (including instrumental music, singing, dancing); make merry; smile upon; dance
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