Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I perceived, even I, that one event shall happen to them all.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
13And I saw that wisdom excels folly, as much as light excels darkness.
Cross References
Psalms 49:10For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen.
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways; but the folly of fools leads astray.
Ecclesiastes 3:19Also to them is the event of the sons of man, and the event of the brute; one event befalls them: as is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; and there is one breath to all: and what has the man more than the brute? nothing; for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 6:8For what advantage has the wise man over the fool, since even the poor knows how to walk in the direction of life?
Ecclesiastes 8:1A man's wisdom will lighten his countenance; but a man of shameless countenance will be hated.
Ecclesiastes 9:2Vanity is in all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good, and to the bad; both to the pure, and to the impure; both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifices not: as is the good, so is the sinner: as is the swearer, even so is he that fears an oath.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:13-17
Superiority of Wisdom to Folly. 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. 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. 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more… Read the whole commentary →