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OET-LV The_wise eyes_his in/on/at/with_head_his and_the_fool in/on/at/with_darkness [is]_walking and_perceived also I that_fate one it_will_happen_to DOM both_them.
UHB הֶֽחָכָם֙ עֵינָ֣יו בְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְהַכְּסִ֖יל בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ הוֹלֵ֑ךְ וְיָדַ֣עְתִּי גַם־אָ֔נִי שֶׁמִּקְרֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד יִקְרֶ֥ה אֶת־כֻּלָּֽם׃ ‡
(heḩākām ˊēynāyv bəroʼshō vəhakkəşil baḩoshek hōlēk vəyādaˊttī gam-ʼānī shemmiqreh ʼeḩād yiqreh ʼet-kullām.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
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
WEB 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.
WMB (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.
?:? 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.
MOF No MOF 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;
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.
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.
WBS 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 No KJB-1611 ECC book available
BB 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 ende.)
GNV 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.
CB 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 ende.)
WYC 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 iyen of a wijs man been in his heed, a fool goeth/goes in darkness; and I lernede, that o perisching was of ever either.)
LUT 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 Haupt stehen; but the Narren in darkness go, and merkte doch, that it one gehet like to_him andern.)
CLV 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. )
BRN 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.
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. )
2:12-23 The Teacher now looks at the value of wisdom (2:12-17) and hard work (2:18-23). These, too, are “meaningless” (2:17).
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