Thanks for the welcome.
Your signature reference in the NIV does seem to be off a bit. The KJV has this in this way.
Proverbs 8:24 When there were no depths,
I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled,
before the hills was I brought forth: 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: 28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
KJV
I see this as a testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ; therefore the "
I was given birth" in the NIV is not meaning the same thing as "
I was brought forth" in the KJV.
This testimony cited that before anything was created, the Son of God was there as One existing with the Father as One brought up with Him. After God created everything by the Son, the Son was by the Father in the operations of this life.
John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time,
the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
John 6:46Not that any man hath seen the Father,
save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father
.
Therefore "I was given birth" in the NIV is not the truth because it implies that the Son was created before creation came instead of the truth in the KJV that the Son was brought forth for God to create everything by the Son.
John 1:In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men....
If you ever have a hard time convincing others of the deity of Christ, it might be best to stick with the KJV. It is still on God to cause the increase, but changes in His words like that in Proverbs 8:24-30 is enough to sow doubts in His words so as to give heed to gnosticism which denies the deity of Christ.
Acts 11:26 testify to the TR as the source origin of Antioch as being one to rely on whereas all other documents originating from Alexandria are circumspect because poetic licensing and gnosticism was known to exist in that area. Jesus did prophesy in John 14:23 & confirmed it by what the Father said in John 14:24 that there will be need for discernment as to what Bible is keeping His words from those that are not. Even the words of His disciples will be persecuted in like fashion : John 15:20
Believers should be wary of new Bible versions as this hype to get an easier to read Bible than the KJV is getting old. Why has the NIV not been the settlement of having an easier to read Bible? And yet mankind still keeps on going; wherein one has to wonder if money is the motivation and not actually translating the meaning of His words for us to understand. When the copyright insist on a number of changed words and phrases in order to have that copyright, so is the temptation to chnage the message and the testimony regarding the Son in His words.
Psalm 119:157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. 58 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Believers need to rely on the Good Shepherd in understanding His words in the KJV and not on mankind to make an easier to read Bible.
Just sharing edification as He can only give you the discernment in the event you are having trouble convincing those that deny the deity of Christ by the NIV. There are enough changes in it is why they doubt the references you do point out His deity in.
Again, thanks for the welcome.