Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise—his eyes [are] in his head, and the fool is walking in darkness, and I also knew that one event happens with them all;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.

15and I said in my heart, “As it happens with the fool, it happens also with me, and why am I then more wise?” And I spoke in my heart, that also this [is] vanity:

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Cross References

Psalms 49:10For he sees wise men die, || Together the foolish and brutish perish, || And have left their wealth to others.

Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, || And the folly of fools [is] deceit.

Ecclesiastes 3:19For an event [is to] the sons of man, and an event [is to] the beasts, even one event [is] to them; as the death of this, so [is] the death of that; and one spirit [is] to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole [is] vanity.

Ecclesiastes 6:8For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knows to walk before the living?

Ecclesiastes 8:1Who [is] as the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

Ecclesiastes 9:2The whole [is] as to the whole; one event is to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, and to him who is sacrificing, and to him who is not sacrificing; as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner, he who is swearing as he who is fearing 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 →

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