Wisdom 4:17 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ 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.

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Common English Bible

¹⁷ 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ 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.

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹⁷ The wise may die young, but the wicked will never understand that this is the Lord's way of taking them off to safety.

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

¹⁷ 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.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹⁷ Sinners fail to understand why God gives them a long life and lets the wise die young.

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