Ecclesiastes 2:1 (NIV)

Ecclesiastes 2:14 - 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.

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Translations for Ecclesiastes 2:14

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

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.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

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.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

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.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

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.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

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

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

The wise person has eyes in his head,

but the fool walks in darkness.

Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

The 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 [fn]both of them.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

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.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that the fate of one becomes the fate of all of them.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

The 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.

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

The wise man has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and yet I perceived that one fate comes to all of them.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

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.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

The wise! -- his eyes are in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all;

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

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.

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

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.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

The 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.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

sapientis oculi in capite eius stultus in tenebris ambulat et didici quod unus utriusque esset interitus

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

لأَنَّ عَيْنَيِ الْحَكِيمِ فِي رَأْسِهِ، أَمَّا الْجَاهِلُ فَيَمْشِي فِي الظُّلْمَةِ. لَكِنَّنِي أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّهُمَا يُلاقِيَانِ مَصِيراً وَاحِداً.

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

הֶֽחָכָם֙ עֵינָ֣יו בְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְהַכְּסִ֖יל בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ הוֹלֵ֑ךְ וְיָדַ֣עְתִּי גַם־אָ֔נִי שֶׁמִּקְרֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד יִקְרֶ֥ה אֶת־כֻּלָּֽם׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

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

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

اَلْحَكِيمُ عَيْنَاهُ فِي رَأْسِهِ، أَمَّا الْجَاهِلُ فَيَسْلُكُ فِي الظَّلاَمِ. وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَا أَيْضًا أَنَّ حَادِثَةً وَاحِدَةً تَحْدُثُ لِكِلَيْهِمَا.

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I perceived, even I, that one event shall happen to them all.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

El sabio tiene sus ojos en su cabeza, mas el necio anda en tinieblas: empero también entendí yo que un mismo suceso acaecerá al uno que al otro.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

El sabio tiene sus ojos en su cabeza, mas el necio anda en tinieblas; pero también entendí yo que un mismo suceso acontecerá al uno como al otro.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

智慧人的眼目光明、〔光明原文作在他頭上〕、愚昧人在黑暗裡行．我卻看明有一件事、這兩等人都必遇見。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

El sabio tiene sus ojos en su cabeza, pero el necio anda en tinieblas. También yo entendí que lo mismo acontecerá a todos ellos.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

지혜자는 눈이 밝고 우매자는 어두움에 다니거니와 이들의 당하는 일이 일반인 줄을 내가 깨닫고

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

le sage a ses yeux à la tête, et l'insensé marche dans les ténèbres. Mais j'ai reconnu aussi qu'ils ont l'un et l'autre un même sort.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

daß dem Weisen seine Augen im Haupt stehen, aber die Narren in der Finsternis gehen; und merkte doch, daß es einem geht wie dem andern.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

у мудрого глаза его--в голове его, а глупый ходит во тьме; но узнал я, что одна участь постигает их всех.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

El sabio tiene sus ojos en su cabeza, mas el loco anda en tinieblas. Y también entendí yo que un mismo suceso acaecerá al uno que al otro.

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