Wisdom 4:16-18

Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ The righteous man who has died will condemn the ungodly who are living,
and youth that is quickly perfected^[a] will condemn the prolonged old age of the unrighteous man.
¹⁷ 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.
¹⁸ They will see, and will have contempt for him,
but the Lord will laugh them to scorn.
After this they will become dishonored corpses,
and an outrage among the dead for ever;