Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. Qohelet reports his experiments in pleasure, building projects, vineyards, gardens, and acquiring wealth, finding that all was vanity and chasing after wind. He observes that the wise person dies just like the fool. Yet there is some good in toil, …
Other Translations
The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
The wise! --his eyes <FI>are<Fi> in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all;
The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.
Cross References
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because …
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to …
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not …
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the …
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: …
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and …
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face …
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that …
Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to …