Ecclesiastes 2:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁴ The wise person has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and yet I perceived that [in the end] one event happens to them both. [Prov. 17:24.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ The wise have eyes in their head, but fools walk around in darkness. But I also realized that the same fate happens to both of them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ The eyes of a wise man are in his head. A foolish man walks in darkness. Yet I learned that one would pass away like the other.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike.

Ecclesiastes 2:14 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 14:8

The sensible person’s wisdom is to consider his way, but the stupidity of fools deceives them.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool’s eyes  roam to the ends of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise,  since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise person dies just like the fool?

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For the fate of the children of Adam and the fate of animals is the same.  As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals since everything is futile.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

And if a person lives for a thousand years twice, but does not experience happiness, do not both go to the same place?

Ecclesiastes 6:8

What advantage then does the wise person have over the fool?  What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like the wise person, and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A person’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift,  or the battle to the strong,  or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favour to the skilful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

And I said, ‘Wisdom is better than strength,  but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.’

1 John 2:11

But the one who hates his brother or sister  is in the darkness, walks in the darkness,  and doesn’t know where he’s going,  because the darkness has blinded his eyes.