Wisdom 3:2 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery,

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To those who don’t know any better, it seems as if they have died. Their departure from this life was considered their misfortune.

In the eyes of the foolish, they seemed to die, and their departure was considered an affliction,

In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure was taken for misery:

It is a foolish mistake to think that righteous people die and that their death is a terrible evil.

In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died. Their departure was considered a disaster,

Only in the minds of the foolish are those people dead and their death considered a disaster