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Ecclesiastes 2:14

14 tThe wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the usame event happens to all of them.

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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.


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