Ecclesiastes 2:14

Ecclesiastes 2:14 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

14The 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.

14The wise person’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one and the same fate happens to both of them.

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

14The wise man has eyes in his head,

but the fool walks in darkness.

Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.

14The 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.

14For the wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: yet I know also that the same condition falleth to them all.

14The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.

14The eyes of a wise person see things clearly.

A person who is foolish lives in darkness.

But I finally realized that death catches up

with both of them.

14Wise people can see where they are going.

Foolish people walk in the dark.

But at the end of their lives, there is no difference.

They both die.

14The wise—his eyes [are] in his head, and the fool is walking in darkness, and I also knew that one event happens with them all;