For she is more beautiful than the sun, and excels every constellation of the stars: Again the connector For may be omitted. Good News Translation combines the two lines into a simple, clear statement; but if every constellation of the stars is difficult to translate, we may say “all the groups of stars” or more simply “all the stars.”

Compared with the light she is found to be superior: The reason for this statement is found in the next verse. The sentence does not end here. Is found to be simply means “is.”

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.