Wisdom 11:10 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

For these thou didst admonish and try, as a father: but the other, as a severe king, thou didst condemn and punish.

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Common English Bible

You disciplined your people in the same way that parents warn their children, but you examined and passed sentence on the ungodly like a strict ruler.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For when they were being tested, and even when receiving merciful correction, they knew in what way, when your wrath judged the impious, they would suffer torments.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For when they were tried, and chastised with mercy, they knew how the wicked were judged with wrath and tormented.

Good News Translation (US Version)

You tested your people, as parents test their children, to warn them. But you judged their enemies like a stern king and condemned them.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

For you tested these as a father admonishing them; but you searched out those as a stern king condemning them.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

You corrected your people like parents correcting their children as a warning, but you punished the others like a harsh king condemning a criminal.

Wisdom 11:10 Cross References