Wisdom 8:2
Good News Translation
Wisdom has been my love. I courted her when I was young and wanted to make her my bride. I fell in love with her beauty.

New Revised Standard Version
I loved her and sought her from my youth; I desired to take her for my bride, and became enamored of her beauty.

Contemporary English Version
Since the time I was young, I have loved and searched for Wisdom. I was charmed by her beauty and wanted her for my bride.

New American Bible
Her I loved and sought after from my youth; I sought to take her for my bride and was enamored of her beauty.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Her have I loved, and have sought her out from my youth, and have desired to take for my spouse, and I became a lover of her beauty.

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Her have I loved, and have sought her out from my youth, and have desired to take for my spouse, and I became a lover of her beauty.

Wisdom 7:30
For after this cometh night, but no evil can overcome wisdom.

Wisdom 8:1
She reacheth, therefore, from end to end mightily, and ordereth all things sweetly.

Wisdom 8:3
She glorifieth her nobility by being conversant with God: yea, and the Lord of all things hath loved her.

Wisdom 8:4
For it is she that teacheth the knowledge of God and is the chooser of his works.

Context
Wisdom 8
1She reacheth, therefore, from end to end mightily, and ordereth all things sweetly. 2Her have I loved, and have sought her out from my youth, and have desired to take for my spouse, and I became a lover of her beauty. 3She glorifieth her nobility by being conversant with God: yea, and the Lord of all things hath loved her.…
Cross References
Wisdom 7:30
For after this cometh night, but no evil can overcome wisdom.

Wisdom 8:1
She reacheth, therefore, from end to end mightily, and ordereth all things sweetly.

Wisdom 8:3
She glorifieth her nobility by being conversant with God: yea, and the Lord of all things hath loved her.

Wisdom 8:4
For it is she that teacheth the knowledge of God and is the chooser of his works.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 8:1
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