ECC 2:14 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX 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.
(Tou sofou hoi ofthalmoi autou en kefalaʸ autou, kai ho afrōn en skotei poreuetai; kai egnōn kai ge egō, hoti sunantaʸma hen sunantaʸsetai tois pasin autois. )

BrTr 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.

ULT The wise, his eyes are in his head, but the fool in the darkness is walking, and I know, even I, that one happening will happen to both of them.

UST because wise people walk in the daylight and can see where they are going,
⇔ but foolish people walk in the darkness and cannot see where they are going.”
⇔ But I also realized that both wise people and foolish people eventually die.

BSB ⇔ The 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.

OEB While the wise have their eyes in their head,
⇔ The fool walketh in darkness. Still, I am well aware that in their fate they are

WEBBE 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

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.

LSV The 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;

FBV The wise see where they're going,[fn] but fools walk in darkness. But I also realized that they all come to the same end.

2:14 Literally, “The wise has his eyes in his head.”

T4T because wise people walk in the daylight and [IDM] can see where they are going,
⇔ but foolish people walk in the darkness and cannot see where they are going.”
⇔ But I also realized that both wise people and foolish people eventually die.

LEB The wise man can see where he is walking,[fn] but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.

2:14 Literally “The eyes of the wise are in his head”

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.

Moff No Moff ECC book available

JPS The wise man, his eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness. And I also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

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.

DRA The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike.

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;

Drby 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.

RV 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.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 [fn]The wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: and I my selfe perceiued also that one euent happeneth to them all.
(The wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: and I myself perceived also that one euent happeneth to them all.)

2:14 Prou. 17. 24. chap. 8. 1.

Bshps For a wise man hath his eyes in his head, but the foole goeth in darknesse: I perceaued also that they both had one ende.
(For a wise man hath/has his eyes in his head, but the foole goeth/goes in darkness: I perceived also that they both had one end.)

Gnva For 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.

Cvdl For a wyse man beareth his eyes aboute in his heade, but the foole goeth in the darknesse. I perceaued also that they both had one ende.
(For a wise man beareth his eyes about in his heade, but the foole goeth/goes in the darkness. I perceived also that they both had one end.)

Wycl The iyen of a wijs man ben in his heed, a fool goith in derknessis; and Y lernede, that o perisching was of euer either.
(The eyes of a wijs man been in his heed, a fool goeth/goes in darkness; and I lernede, that o perisching was of ever either.)

Luth daß dem Weisen seine Augen im Haupt stehen; aber die Narren in Finsternis gehen, und merkte doch, daß es einem gehet wie dem andern.
(daß to_him Weisen his Augen in_the head stehen; but the Narren in darkness go, and noticed doch, that it one gehet like to_him andern.)

ClVg Sapientis oculi in capite ejus; stultus in tenebris ambulat: et didici quod unus utriusque esset interitus.
(Sapientis oculi in capite his; stultus in darkness ambulat: and didici that unus utriusque was interitus. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) The wise man uses his eyes in his head to see where he is going

(Some words not found in UHB: the,wise eyes,his in/on/at/with,head,his and,the,fool in/on/at/with,darkness walks and,perceived also/even I that,fate one(ms) befalls DOM both,them )

This speaks of a wise man making wise decisions as walking and paying attention to where he is going. Alternate translation: “The wise man is like a person who uses his eyes to see where he is going”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) uses his eyes in his head to see

(Some words not found in UHB: the,wise eyes,his in/on/at/with,head,his and,the,fool in/on/at/with,darkness walks and,perceived also/even I that,fate one(ms) befalls DOM both,them )

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: “pays attention and looks to see”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) the fool walks in darkness

(Some words not found in UHB: the,wise eyes,his in/on/at/with,head,his and,the,fool in/on/at/with,darkness walks and,perceived also/even I that,fate one(ms) befalls DOM both,them )

This compares a fool making bad decisions to someone walking in darkness. Alternate translation: “the fool is like a person who walks in the dark”

(Occurrence 0) the same event

(Some words not found in UHB: the,wise eyes,his in/on/at/with,head,his and,the,fool in/on/at/with,darkness walks and,perceived also/even I that,fate one(ms) befalls DOM both,them )

death

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