New Revised Standard Version
like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them.

Contemporary English Version
God tested them like gold in a fiery furnace, and he accepted them like a pleasing sacrifice.

New American Bible
As gold in the furnace, he proved them, and as sacrificial offerings he took them to himself.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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

Wisdom 3:5
Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be well rewarded: because God hath tried them, and found them worthy of himself.

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

Wisdom 3:8
They shall judge nations, and rule over people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.