Wisdom 8:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I loved her and sought her from my youth; I desired to take her for my bride and became enamored of her beauty.

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From my youth, I loved her and sought her out. I sought to make her my bride. I burned within for her beauty.

I have loved her and searched for her from my youth, and have asked to take her to me as my spouse, and I became a lover of her form.

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

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.

I loved her and sought her from my youth. I sought to take her for my bride. I became enamoured by her beauty.

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.