Wisdom 4:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The righteous who have died will condemn the ungodly who are living, and youth that is quickly perfected will condemn the prolonged old age of the unrighteous. More versionsCommon English Bible So the dead who did what’s right will condemn the ungodly who are still alive, and someone who dies young will condemn the old person who has lived many years but hasn’t done what is right. Catholic Public Domain Version But the just dead will condemn the impious living, and youth hastily completed results in a long unjust life. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the just that is dead, condemneth the wicked that are living, and youth soon ended, the long life of the unjust. Good News Translation (US Version) Even when righteous people are dead and gone, they put to shame the wicked people who live on after them. In their old age the wicked will be disgraced by young people who have already achieved perfection. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers but a righteous man who is dead will condemn the ungodly who are living, and youth who is quickly perfected will condemn the many years of an unrighteous man’s old age. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition Good people may die young, but they shame those sinners who live a long time. |