Wisdom 4:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

For the ungodly shall see a wise man's end, And shall not understand what the Lord purposed concerning him, And for what he safely kept him:—

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People will see the death of the wise, but they won’t understand the Lord’s purposes for them, nor to what end the Lord kept them safe.

For they will see the end of the wise, and will neither understand, nor imagine, that he is of God, and that therefore the Lord has safeguarded him.

For they shall see the end of the wise man, and shall not understand what God hath designed for him, and why the Lord hath set him in safety.

The wise may die young, but the wicked will never understand that this is the Lord's way of taking them off to safety.

For the ungodly will see a wise man’s end, and won’t understand what the Lord planned for him, and why he safely kept him.

Sinners fail to understand why God gives them a long life and lets the wise die young.