Wisdom 3:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For though in the sight of others they were punished, their hope is full of immortality.

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It may look to others as if they have been punished, but they have the hope of living forever.

And though, in the sight of men, they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality.

And though in the sight of men they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality.

It might appear that they have suffered punishment, but they have the confident hope of immortality.

For even if in the sight of men they are punished, their hope is full of immortality.

and destined never to die, though others may have thought they were being punished.