The Wisdom of Solomon

Wisdom of Solomon 3

Chapter III · Vol. III, p. 1549

1 The godly are happy in their death, and in their troubles: the wicked are not, nor their children. 13 But they that are pure, are happy, though they have no children: for the adulterer and his seed shall perish.

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1 But ¹the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.

1 Deut. 33. 3.

2 ²In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery,

2 ch. 5. 4.

3 And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.

4 For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their ³hope full of immortality.

3 Rom. 8. 24. 2 Cor. 5. 1. 1 Pet. 1. 13.

5 And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly ⁴rewarded: for God ⁵proved them, and found them ⁶worthy for himself.

4 Or, benefited.

5 Ex. 16. 4. Deut. 8. 2.

6 Or, meet.

6 ⁷As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as a burnt-offering.

7 1 Pet. 1. 7.

7 And in the time of their visitation, ⁸they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble.

8 Matt. 13. 43.

8 They ⁹shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.

9 Matt. 19. 28. 1 Cor. 6. 2.

9 They that put their trust in him shall understand the truth: ^*and such as be faithful in love shall abide with him: for grace and mercy is to his saints, and he hath care for his elect.

* Or, and such as be faithful shall remain with him in love.

10 But the ^†ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.

† Matt. 25. 41.

11 For whoso despiseth wisdom and nurture, he is miserable, and their hope is vain, ^‡their labours unfruitful, and their works unprofitable:

‡ Isa. 55. 2.

12 Their wives are ^||foolish, and their children wicked.

|| Or, light, or, unchaste.

13 Their offspring is cursed. Wherefore blessed is the barren that is undefiled, which hath not known the sinful bed: she ¹shall have fruit in the visitation of souls.

1 Isa. 56. 5.

14 And blessed is the ²eunuch, which with his hands hath wrought no iniquity, nor imagined wicked things against God: for unto him shall be given ³the special gift of faith, and an inheritance ⁴in the temple of the Lord more acceptable to his mind.

2 Isa. 56. 4, 5.

3 Gr. the chosen.

4 Or, among the people.

15 For ⁵glorious is the fruit of good labours: and the root of wisdom shall never fall away.

5 Ps. 19. 11.

16 As for the children of adulterers, they shall not ⁶come to their perfection, and the seed of an unrighteous bed shall be rooted out.

6 Or, be partakers of holy things.

17 For though they live long, yet shall they be nothing regarded: and their last age shall be without honour.

18 Or, if they die quickly, ⁷they have no hope, neither comfort in the day of ⁸trial.

7 Prov. 14. 32.

8 Or, hearing.

19 For horrible is the end of the unrighteous generation.