Other translations
New Catholic Bible
I loved her more than health and beauty and preferred her to the light because her radiance is unceasing.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her radiance never ceases.
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.
Wycliffe Bible
I loved wisdom more than health and fairness; and I purposed to have it for light, for the light thereof may not be quenched. [Over health and fairness I loved it; and I purposed for light to have it, for unquenchable is the light of it.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her radiance never ceases.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light because her radiance never ceases.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her radiance never ceases.
Common English Bible © 2011
I loved her more than health or beauty. I chose her above sunlight itself, for her brightness never sets.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Beyond health and beauty I loved her, And I chose to have her rather than the light, because her radiance never ceases.
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.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her radiance never ceases.