But the just that is dead, condemneth the wicked that are living, and youth soon ended, the long life of the unjust. 17For they shall see the end of the wise man, and it shall not understand what God hath designed for him, and why the Lord hath set him in safety. 18They shall see him, and shall despise him: but the Lord shall laugh them to scorn. 19And they shall fall after this without honour, and be a reproach among the dead for ever: for he shall burst them puffed up and speechless, and shall shake them from the foundations, and they shall be utterly laid waste: they shall be in sorrow, and their memory shall perish. 20They shall come with fear at the thought of their sins, and their iniquities shall stand against them to convict them. 1Then shall the just stand with great constancy against those that have afflicted them, and taken away their labours. 2These seeing it, shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the suddenness of their unexpected salvation, 3Saying within themselves, repenting, and groaning for anguish of spirit: These are they, whom we had sometime in derision, and for a parable of reproach. 4We fools esteemed their life madness, and their end without honour. 5Behold, how they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the saints.