Wisdom 7:10

ASV Byzantine Text

Above health and comeliness I loved her, And I chose to have her rather than light, Because her bright shining is never laid to sleep.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Cueinah neh sakthen lakah khaw amah te ka ngaih tih vangnah lakah khaw amah te ka coelh ngai.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Super salutem et speciem dilexi illam, et proposui pro luce habere illam, quoniam inextinguibile est lumen illius.

Brenton English Septuagint

I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for the light that cometh from her never goeth out.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Meer dan gezondheid en schoonheid had ik haar lief, En gaf haar de voorkeur boven het licht; Want de glans, die zij uitstraalt, dooft nooit.

Douay-Rheims 1899

I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for her light cannot be put out.

King James Version + Apocrypha

I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for the light that cometh from her never goeth out.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for the light that cometh from her never goeth out.

LXX2012 U. S. English

I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for the light that comes from her never goes out.

British English Septuagint 2012

I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for the light that comes from her never goes out.

Revised Version

Above health and comeliness I loved her, And I chose to have her rather than light, Because her bright shining is never laid to sleep.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Je l'aimais plus que la santé et la beauté, et j'ai choisi de l'avoir plutôt que la lumière, parce que son brillant éclat ne s'endort jamais.

Spanish BLL

La quise más que estar sano y verme bien, y preferí tenerla a ella que a la misma luz, porque su brillo nunca se apaga.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

La amé más que a la salud y la belleza, y escogí tenerla a ella antes que a la luz, porque su resplandor brillante nunca se adormece.

Croatian Bible

Ljubio sam je više od zdravlja i ljepote i zavolio više od svjetlosti, jer njezin sjaj bez prestanka svijetli.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

I loved her above health and beauty, And chose to have her instead of light: For the light that cometh from her never goeth out.

World English Bible (Catholic)

I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her bright shining is never laid to sleep.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her bright shining is never laid to sleep.

World English Bible Classic

I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her bright shining is never laid to sleep.

World English Bible Updated

I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her bright shining is never laid to sleep.

SEPTUAGINTA

ὑπὲρ ὑγίειαν καὶ εὐμορφίαν ἠγάπησα αὐτὴν καὶ προειλόμην αὐτὴν ἀντὶ φωτὸς ἔχειν, ὅτι ἀκοίμητον τὸ ἐκ ταύτης φέγγος.

Brenton Septuagint

Ὑπὲρ ὑγίειαν καὶ εὐμορφίαν ἠγάπησα αὐτὴν, καὶ προειλόμην αὐτὴν ἀντὶ φωτὸς ἔχειν, ὅτι ἀκοίμητον τὸ ἐκ ταύτης φέγγος.

Mashi Bible

Nayumva mburhonyize kulusha amagala n’obwinjà, naburhonya kulusha omûshi, kulya kubà bwôhe burhahwa burhamoleka.

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