Other translations
New Catholic Bible
From the viewpoint of the foolish, they seemed to be dead, and their passing away was reckoned as a misfortune,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be a disaster,
Good News Translation®
It is a foolish mistake to think that righteous people die and that their death is a terrible evil.
Wycliffe Bible
They seemed to the eyes of unwise men to die; and torment was deemed the outgoing of them.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be an affliction,
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be a disaster
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be a disaster,
Common English Bible © 2011
To those who don’t know any better, it seems as if they have died. Their departure from this life was considered their misfortune.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead; and their passing away was thought an affliction
Revised Standard Version
In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be an affliction,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be a disaster,