unfoldingWord_en_tn/pro/08/30.md

772 B

I was beside him

This is still wisdom speaking. Wisdom now says she was right next to Yahweh, implying that she was his assistant in creating the world. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)

skilled craftsman

This is a person who has trained for years to make useful things very well, like furniture or houses.

I was his delight

"I was what made him happy." The word "delight" is an abstract noun that can be stated as a verb. Alternate translation: "he was happy because of me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)

day after day

This is a way to express the idea of a habitual action or of a continuous condition. Alternate translation: "continually" or "the whole time" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)