Good News Translation
It is a foolish mistake to think that righteous people die and that their death is a terrible evil.

New Revised Standard Version
In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be a disaster,

Contemporary English Version
Only in the minds of the foolish are those people dead and their death considered a disaster

New American Bible
They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead; and their passing away was thought an affliction

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure was taken for misery:

In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure was taken for misery:

Wisdom 2:25
And they follow him that are of his side.

Wisdom 3:1
But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them.

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.