Ecclesiastes 2:14

The chacham (wise man) hath eyes in his rosh; but the kesil (fool) walketh in choshech; but I myself perceived also that the same mikreh (fortune) happeneth to them all.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

13Then I saw that chochmah excelleth sichlut, as far as ohr excelleth choshech.

15Then said I in my lev, As the mikreh befalls the kesil, so also will the same mikreh befall me; and wherein have I then been of more chochmah? Then I said in my lev, This also is hevel.

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Cross References

Psalms 49:10That he should live on lanetzach, 1 and not see shachat (corruption, decay, the pit). + 49:10 cf Psa 16:10 1

Proverbs 14:8The chochmah of the prudent is to understand his derech, 1 but the folly of kesilim is mirmah (deceit). 1

Ecclesiastes 3:19For bnei haAdam and beheimah share one and same mikreh (fortune); as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that the adam hath no advantage above the beheimah; for all is hevel.

Ecclesiastes 6:8For what hath the chacham more than the kesil? What hath the poor man, who has da'as of how to conduct himself before the living?

Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is the chacham? 1 And who knoweth the pesher (interpretation, explanation) of a thing? 1 A manʼs chochmah maketh his face bright, 1 and the rudeness of his face is changed.

Ecclesiastes 9:2All things come alike to all; there is one mikreh (fortune) to the tzaddik, and to the rasha; to the tov and to the tahor, and to the tameh; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the tov, so is the choteh; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth a shevuah (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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