For God loves nothing so much as the man who lives with wisdom: The connector For may be omitted. Good News Translation “people who are at home with Wisdom” is a good translation, but it uses the idiom “at home,” which may be strange to many translators. Revised Standard Version who lives with wisdom will be a more natural style in many languages; compare Revised English Bible: “the person who makes his home with wisdom.” The author is talking about a person who knows what the wise thing to do is, and who tries to live wisely. Perhaps we may translate as follows:

• God’s favorite people are those who live with Wisdom [or, live wisely].

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.