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Ecclesiastes 2:14 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 2 · verse 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.Ecclesiastes 2:14 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:14 in context
12And 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.
13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14The 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.
15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- perceivedyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- darknesschôshekthe darkH2822 →
- walkethhâlakto walkH1980 →
- man'schâkâmwiseH2450 →
- eventmiqrehsomething met withH4745 →
- eyesʻayinan eyeH5869 →
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Solomon having tried what satisfaction was to be had in learning first, and then in the pleasures of sense, and having also put both together, here compares them one with another and passes a judgment upon them. I. He sets himself to consider both wisdom and folly. He had considered these before (Ecc 1:17);
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-16