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Ecclesiastes 2:14 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth "
Ecclesiastes 2:14
Verse in Context
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12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
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
15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
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Ecclesiastes 2:1
"I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity."
Ecclesiastes 2:2
"I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth"
Ecclesiastes 2:3
"I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life."
Ecclesiastes 2:4
"I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:"
Ecclesiastes 2:5
"I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:"
Ecclesiastes 2:6
"I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:"
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