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Wisdom 7:10

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

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Super salutem et speciem dilexi illam, et proposui pro luce habere illam, quoniam inextinguibile est lumen illius.
Septuagint (Swete)
ὑπὲρ ὑγείαν καὶ εὐμορφίαν ἠγάπησα αὐτήν, καὶ προειλόμην αὐτὴν ἀντὶ φωτὸς ἔχειν, ὅτι ἀκοίμητον τὸ ἐκ ταύτης φέγγος.