Wisdom 7:29
For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the order of the stars: being compared with the light, she is found before it.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Est enim hæc speciosior sole, et super omnem dispositionem stellarum : luci comparata, invenitur prior.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἔστιν γὰρ αὕτη εὐπρεπεστέρα ἡλίου, καὶ ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν ἄστρων θέσιν. φωτὶ συνκρινομένη εὑρίσκεται προτέρα·
The Fathers on this verse
St Ambrose On the Duties of the Clergy, Chapter XIII. The beauty of wisdom is made plain by the divine testimony. From this he goes on to prove its connection with the other virtues
64. Is there any one who would like to be beautiful in face and at the same time to have its charm spoilt by a beast-like body and fearful talons? Now the form of virtues is so wonderful and glorious, and especially the beauty of wisdom, as the whole of the Scriptures tell us. For it is more brilliant than the sun, and when compared with the stars far outshines any constellation. Night takes their light away in its train, but wickedness cannot overcome wisdom.