John Trapp on Proverbs 8:24

Verſ. 24. When there were no depths] In mentioning Gods works of Creation, ſome obſerve here, that wiſdome proceeds from the lower elements to the ſuperiour and heavenly bodies: Shee begins with the earth, verſ. 23. goes on here to the waters, and ſo to the air called Streets (rendred Fields) verſ. 26. that is, the vaſt element of the air; which compared with the far leſs elements of earth and water, muſt needs ſeem exceeding large, ſpacious, and open, as ſtreets, or fields. Laſtly, by the higheſt part of the duſt of the world, the Hebrew Doctors underſtand the element of fire, Judicium ſit penes Lectorem. Let the Reader judge.