## I was beside him ##

This is still wisdom speaking. Wisdom now says she was right next to Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

## master craftsman ##

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

## delight ##

AT: "source of joy" or "reason to be glad"

## day after day ##

AT: "continually" or "the whole time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## his whole world ##

AT: "the whole world he created" (UDB) or "everything he created"

## mankind ##

AT: "the people he brought into existence" (UDB) or "all human beings"