Wisdom 3:5
Good News Translation
Their sufferings were minor compared with the blessings they will receive. God has tested them, like gold in a furnace, and found them worthy to be with him. He has accepted them, just as he accepts the sacrifices which his worshipers burn on the altar.

New Revised Standard Version
Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good, because God tested them and found them worthy of himself;

Contemporary English Version
They will be richly rewarded, because God tested them for a while and found them worthy of being his children.

New American Bible
Chastised a little, they shall be greatly blessed, because God tried them and found them worthy of himself.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be well rewarded: because God hath tried them, and found them worthy of himself.

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Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be well rewarded: because God hath tried them, and found them worthy of himself.

Wisdom 3:3
And their going away from us, for utter destruction: but they are in peace.

Wisdom 3:4
And though in the sight of men they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality.

Wisdom 3:6
As gold in the furnace, he hath proved them, and as a victim of a holocaust, he hath received them, and in time there shall be respect had to them.

Wisdom 3:7
The just shall shine, and shall run to and fro like sparks among the reeds.

Context
Wisdom 3
4And though in the sight of men they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality. 5Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be well rewarded: because God hath tried them, and found them worthy of himself. 6As gold in the furnace, he hath proved them, and as a victim of a holocaust, he hath received them, and in time there shall be respect had to them.…
Cross References
Wisdom 3:3
And their going away from us, for utter destruction: but they are in peace.

Wisdom 3:4
And though in the sight of men they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality.

Wisdom 3:6
As gold in the furnace, he hath proved them, and as a victim of a holocaust, he hath received them, and in time there shall be respect had to them.

Wisdom 3:7
The just shall shine, and shall run to and fro like sparks among the reeds.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

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