“et præposui illam regnis et sedibus, et divitias nihil esse duxi in comparatione illius.”
“I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her.”
“I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, And riches I esteemed nothing in comparison of her.”
Preferred. I did not ask for extensive dominions, &c. (Calmet) — In Proverbs viii. 10., &c., as well as here, some things refer to the uncreated, and others to created wisdom. (Menochius)