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Vulgate (Latin)   
videbunt enim finem sapientis et non intellegent quid cogitaverit de illo Deus et quare munierit illum Dominus

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
For they observe the death of the wise man but understand neither the designs of the Lord for him nor why he has kept him safe.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For they will see the end of the wise, and will not understand what the Lord purposed for them, and for what he kept them safe.
Good News Translation®   
The wise may die young, but the wicked will never understand that this is the Lord's way of taking them off to safety.
Wycliffe Bible   
For they shall see the end of a wise man, and they shall not understand, what thing God thought of him, and why the Lord made him less. [Forsooth they shall see the end of the wise man, and they shall not understand, what God hath thought of him, and why the Lord diminished him.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For they will see the end of the wise man, and will not understand what the Lord purposed for him, and for what he kept him safe.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For they will see the end of the wise and will not understand what the Lord purposed for them and for what he kept them safe.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For they will see the end of the wise, and will not understand what the Lord purposed for them, and for what he kept them safe.
Common English Bible © 2011   
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.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
For they will see the death of the wise one and will not understand what the Lord intended, or why he kept him safe.
Revised Standard Version   
For they will see the end of the wise man, and will not understand what the Lord purposed for him, and for what he kept him safe.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For they will see the end of the wise, and will not understand what the Lord purposed for them, and for what he kept them safe.