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Ecclesiastes 2:14

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.

KJV

Sapientis oculi in capite ejus ; stultus in tenebris ambulat : et didici quod unus utriusque esset interitus.

Vulgate

τοῦ σοφοῦ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν κεφαλῇ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ ἄφρων ἐν σκότει πορεύεται. καὶ ἔγνων καί γε ἐγὼ ὅτι συνάντημα ἓν συναντήσεται τοῖς πᾶσιν αὐτοῖς.

LXX

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.

ASV

הֶֽ/חָכָם֙ עֵינָ֣י/ו בְּ/רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ וְ/הַ/כְּסִ֖יל בַּ/חֹ֣שֶׁךְ הוֹלֵ֑ךְ וְ/יָדַ֣עְתִּי גַם אָ֔נִי שֶׁ/מִּקְרֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד יִקְרֶ֥ה אֶת כֻּלָּֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
הוּ
hv
verb · 27×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִקְרֶ֥ה
mqrh
noun · 10×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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Cross-references

  • 1John 2:11 — But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
  • Eccl 3:19 — For 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 a man hath no preeminence above a
  • Eccl 3:19 — For 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 a man hath no preeminence above a
  • Eccl 6:8 — For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
  • Eccl 8:5 — Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.
  • Eccl 8:14 — There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the wo
  • Eccl 9:1 — For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before th
  • Eccl 9:2 — All 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
  • Eccl 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skil
  • Eccl 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skil
  • John 11:10 — But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
  • Prov 17:24 — Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
  • Prov 17:24 — Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
  • Ps 49:10 — For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
  • Ps 82:5 — They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.