Ecclesiastes 2:14
Ecclesiastes 2:14 — The New International Version (NIV)
14 The wise have eyes in their heads,
while the fool walks in the darkness;
but I came to realize
that the same fate overtakes them both.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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 — New Living Translation (NLT)
14 For the wise can see where they are going, but fools walk in the dark.” Yet I saw that the wise and the foolish share the same fate.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head,
But the fool walks in darkness.
Yet I myself perceived
That the same event happens to them all.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 — New Century Version (NCV)
14 Wise people see where they are going,
but fools walk around in the dark.
Yet I saw that
both wise and foolish people end the same way.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 — American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
14 A wise person uses the eyes in his head, but a fool walks in the dark. But I have also come to realize that the same destiny waits for both of them.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
14 The wise man has eyes in his head,
but the fool walks in darkness.
Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
14 The wise have eyes in their head,
but fools walk in darkness.
Yet I perceived that the same fate befalls all of them.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
14 The wise man can see where he is walking, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
14 The eyes of a wise man see things clearly.
A person who is foolish lives in darkness.
But I finally realized that death catches up
with both of them.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one fate befalls them both.