NWT:
"Then I was beside him as a master worker. I was the one he was especially fond of day by day; I rejoiced before him all the time; I rejoiced over his habitable earth, And I was especially fond of the sons of men."
Footnote: or, "mankind".
NIV:
"Then I was constantly[a] at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence, rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind."
Footnote: (30) Or was the artisan, or was a little child
NKJV:
"Then I was beside Him as [a]a master craftsman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him, Rejoicing in His inhabited world, And my delight was with the sons of men."
Footnote: (30) A Jewish tradition "one brought up" (punctuation is mine)
WYC:
" I was making all (these) things with him. And I delighted by all days, and played before him in all time, and I played in the world; and my delights be to be with the sons of men (and my delight is to be with the sons and daughters of men).
NLT:
"I was the architect at his side. I was his constant delight, rejoicing always in his presence. And how happy I was with the world he created; how I rejoiced with the human family!"
VOICE:
"All this time I was close beside Him, a master craftsman. Every day I was His delightful companion, celebrating every minute in His presence, Elated by the world He was making and all its fine creatures; I was especially pleased with humanity."
Proverbs 8:30 in Hebrew on Bible Hub
OJB:
"Then I was etzel (at the side of, beside [see Yn 1:1]) Him, as an Amon (master craftsman, builder, architect, artist); and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him [Mishle 30:4] ;Rejoicing in the tevel of His Eretz; and my delights were with the Bnei Adam."
The big question is, now that we see there was someone "at his side" and that they "was the architect" or "making all things withi him" or "master crafsman" or "architect" or "artist", whose side was the master crafstman at, and, who is the master craftsman?
It is obvious to me that this master craftsman was at the side of God. That's why "Him" is capitalized in some of the above translations. Now, as to the master craftsman, some say this was Satan. That he used to be the most favored of all of God's creations and he was the first born, known as the morning star.
Let logic prevail.
What is most logical as a storyline for a God of order? That he needed to destroy his master craftsman so he pretended to be human for 33 years and allowed himself to get nailed to a pagan worship sexual device so as to pretend to die, so that he could make people wait for more thousands of years? What is most logical for a master craftsman that was at God's side and rejoiced in His work and ompany and whom was fond of mankind? That he would suddenly take a wild turn and decide to mislead mankind into rebelling against the person he loved, knowing that they would die from it and then inflict cruel suffering on them for thousands of years? I mean, he would have to know they would die from it, if he was the master crafsman. Right?
Or, is it more logical that the God of order, seeing that mankind was being msled by another spirit creature, was also fond of mankind and didn't want it destroyed despite this. So, with knowledge of his master craftsman's fondness of mankind and love of Him, he set a plan in motion by which that very one who delighted by his side would be born into humanity and be allowed to save them by paying a like terrible price for their salvation that Adam did for their death (which occurred on a stake, which is a device of torture and death known to be employed by Romans during the time period in which Jesus died) and then come back to his side.
Then, in short order, the one who loved mankind best, next to Him, would be placed as their king and priest, a replacement for the humanly father that betrayed them before they were even- the rest of them - born?
God cannot die. Nor can God lie. If he cannot die, then he would have had to be lying when he enacted his death on the stake (not the cross, which is a pagan worship sexual device). Therefore, since he cannot lie, this did not happen.
Jesus was never God. He is the master worker, who was at the side of God before mankind rebelled and went back to the side of God after he paid the ransom price for the return of mankind to God.
If one reads the Bible as a whole, and considers it unto itself instead of by what various religions who have proved themselves unable to listen to God much at all- what with all the killing of their own kind and burning people at the stake, etc.- have to say based on philosophies of man.
Feel free to ask questions.
Politely.
