Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man, his eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness. And I also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Cross References
Psalms 49:10(49-11) For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to look well to his way; but the folly of fools is deceit.
Ecclesiastes 3:19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them; as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that man hath no pre-eminence above a beast; for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 6:8For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or the poor man that hath understanding, in walking before the living?
Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face is changed.
Ecclesiastes 9:2All things come alike to all; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner, and he that sweareth, as he that feareth 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 →