For it is succeeded by the night, but against wisdom evil does not prevail: Light is not as good as Wisdom, because daylight is always followed by darkness, but “evil never overcomes Wisdom” (Good News Translation).

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on The Wisdom of Solomon. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2004. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.