Good News Translation
I valued her more than health and good looks. Hers is a brightness that never grows dim, and I preferred it to any other light.

New Revised Standard Version
I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her radiance never ceases.

Contemporary English Version
I preferred Wisdom more than a healthy and handsome body; the brightest light grows dim when compared with her.

New American Bible
Beyond health and beauty I loved her, And I chose to have her rather than the light, because her radiance never ceases.

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

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

Wisdom 7:8
And I preferred her before kingdoms and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her.

Wisdom 7:9
Neither did I compare unto her any precious stone: for all gold, in comparison of her, is as a little sand; and silver, in respect to her, shall be counted as clay.

Wisdom 7:11
Now all good things came to me together with her, and innumerable riches through her hands,

Wisdom 7:12
And I rejoiced in all these: for this wisdom went before me, and I knew not that she was the mother of them all.