Ecclesiastes 2:14

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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.

Asang Khongca Bible

Palungha kami ih mik loe a lu nuiah suek; toe kamthu loe vinghaih thungah caeh; toe boeng naah nihnik mah tongh han koi hmuen loe maeto ah ni oh, tito ka panoek.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Hlang cueih kah a mik tah a lu khuiah om dae aka ang tah hmaisuep ah pongpa. Te dongah amih boeih te a hmatoeng pakhat loh a mah tila ka ming van.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hlang cueih kah a mik tah a lu khuiah om dae aka ang tah hmaisuep ah pongpa. Te dongah amih boeih te a hmatoeng pakhat loh a mah tila ka ming van.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

O ka mea naauao, aia kona mau maka i kona poo, aka, e hele ana ka mea naaupo ma ka pouli; a ike no hoi au e loaa ia lakou a pau ka hopena hookahi.

English Berean Standard Bible

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.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Moun ki gen konprann yo, se pa je pete klere yo ye. Moun ki pa gen konprann yo ap mache nan fènwa. Men, mwen konnen tou de ap fini menm jan.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Sapientis oculi in capite ejus; stultus in tenebris ambulat: et didici quod unus utriusque esset interitus.

Bible in Basic English

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.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Le sage a ses yeux à sa tête, et le fou marche dans les ténèbres ; mais j’ai connu, moi aussi, qu’un même sort les atteint tous.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Moudrý má oči v hlavě své, blázen pak ve tmách chodí; a však poznal jsem, že jednostejné příhody všechněm se přiházejí.

Kosraean Bible

Mwet lalmwetmet elos ku in liye acn elos fahsr nu we, a mwet lalfon uh tia ku.” Tusruktu nga etu pac lah ouiya sefanna pa soanekut kewa.

World Portuguese Bible

Os olhos do homem sábio estão na sua cabeça, mas o tolo anda nas trevas — e, no entanto, percebi que o mesmo destino sobrevém a todos eles.

Romanian BTF Bible

Ochii înțeleptului sunt în capul său, dar prostul umblă în întuneric; și tot eu am priceput că aceeași întâmplare se întâmplă tuturor.

Brenton English Septuagint

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.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ပညာရှိသောသူ၏ မျက်စိတို့သည် သူ၏ ဦးခေါင်း၌ရှိ၏။ မိုက်သောသူမူကား၊ မှောင်မိုက်၌ ကျင်လည်တတ်၏။ သို့သော်လည်း ထိုသူအပေါင်းတို့သည် တခုတည်းသော်အမှုနှင့် တွေ့ကြုံတတ်သည်ကို ငါရိပ်မိ ၏။

Darby Translation

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.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

der Weise hat seine Augen in seinem Kopfe, der Tor aber wandelt in der Finsternis. Und ich erkannte zugleich, daß einerlei Geschick ihnen allen widerfährt;

Dutch Bible 1917

De ogen des wijzen zijn in zijn hoofd, maar de zot wandelt in de duisternis. Toen bemerkte ik ook, dat enerlei geval hun allen bejegent.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

De wijze heeft ogen in zijn hoofd, De dwaas echter tast in het duister. Maar ik bevond van de andere kant, Dat hetzelfde lot hen beiden treft.

Italian Diodati Bible

Il savio ha i suoi occhi nel capo , e lo stolto cammina in tenebre; ma pure eziandio ho conosciuto che un medesimo avvenimento avviene ad essi tutti .

Douay-Rheims 1899

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Noyes Bible

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

Danish Bible 1931

Den vise har Øjne i Hovedet, men Tåben vandrer i Mørke. Men jeg skønnede også, at en og samme Skæbne rammer begge.

Leeser Tanakh

The wise man hath his eyes in his head, while the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself perceived then also that one occurrence will befall all of them.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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.

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 to them all.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Người khôn ngoan có con mắt trong đầu mình, còn kẻ ngu muội bước đi trong tối tăm; dầu vậy, ta nhìn thấy hai đàng cùng gặp một số phận về sau.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

Ko e mata ʻoe poto ʻoku ʻi hono ʻulu ka ʻoku ʻeveʻeva ʻae vale ʻi he poʻuli:” pea naʻaku mamata ʻeau ko e meʻa pe taha ʻoku hoko kiate kinautolu kotoa pē.

French Ostervald Bible

Le sage a ses yeux dans sa tête, et l'insensé marche dans les ténèbres; mais j'ai reconnu aussi qu'un même accident leur arrive à tous.

Esperanto Bible

La saĝulo havas siajn okulojn en la kapo, kaj la malsaĝulo iras en mallumo; sed mi ankaŭ eksciis, ke unu sorto atingas ilin ĉiujn.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

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.

German Luther Bible 1912

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.

LXX2012 U. S. English

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.

British English Septuagint 2012

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.

Majority Standard BIble

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.

Webster Bible

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.

Revised Version

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Il savio ha gli occhi in testa, mentre lo stolto cammina nelle tenebre; ma ho riconosciuto pure che tutti e due hanno la medesima sorte.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Les yeux du sage sont dans sa tête, tandis que l'insensé marche dans les ténèbres ; mais je reconnus aussi qu'un même sort les attend tous.

Reina Valera 1909

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.

Spanish BLL

El sabio ve por dónde camina, pero el necio anda a tientas en la oscuridad. Sin embargo, me di cuenta de que a los dos les espera el mismo final.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

El sabio tiene sus ojos en su rostro, mas el necio camina en tinieblas; pero también comprendí que un mismo suceso les ocurre a todos ellos.

Croatian Bible

Mudracu su oči u glavi, a bezumnik luta u tami. Ali također znam da obojicu stiže ista kob.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Mudri ima oči u glavi, a bezumni ide po mraku; ali takođe doznah da jednako biva svima.

German Textbibel

Der Weise hat seine Augen im Kopfe; der Thor aber wandelt im Finstern. Zugleich aber erkannte ich, daß einerlei Schicksal ihnen allen widerfährt.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

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

World English Bible

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.

World English Bible (Catholic)

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.

World English Bible British Edition

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.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

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.

World English Bible Classic

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.

World English Bible Updated

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.

World Messianic Bible

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.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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;

SEPTUAGINTA

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.

Brenton Septuagint

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.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Ынцелептул ышь аре окий ын кап, яр небунул умблэ ын ынтунерик. Дар ам бэгат де сямэ кэ ши унул, ши алтул ау ачеяшь соартэ.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

У мудрого очі в голові, а дурний ходить потемки; та пізнав я й те, що суджено долю однаку й сьому й тому.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

У мудрого очі в голові, а дурний ходить потемки; та пізнав я й те, що суджено долю однаку й сьому й тому.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Мудри има очи у глави, а безумни иде по мраку; али такође дознах да једнако бива свима.

Russian Synodal Bible

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

Hebrew Masoretic OT

הֶֽחָכָם֙ עֵינָ֣יו בְּרֹאשֹׁ֔ו וְהַכְּסִ֖יל בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ הֹולֵ֑ךְ וְיָדַ֣עְתִּי גַם־אָ֔נִי שֶׁמִּקְרֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד יִקְרֶ֥ה אֶת־כֻּלָּֽם׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

החכם עיניו בראשו והכסיל בחשך הולך וידעתי גם אני שמקרה אחד יקרה את כלם׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

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

Old Persion Version Bible

چشمان مرد حکیم در سر وی است اما احمق در تاریکی راه می‌رود. با وجود آن دریافت کردم که بهر دو ایشان یک واقعه خواهد رسید.

Judson Burmese Bible

ပညာရှိ သောသူ၏ မျက်စိ တို့သည် သူ ၏ ဦးခေါင်း ၌ ရှိ၏။ မိုက် သောသူမူကား ၊ မှောင်မိုက် ၌ ကျင်လည် တတ်၏။ သို့သော်လည်း ထိုသူ အပေါင်း တို့သည် တခု တည်းသောအမှု နှင့် တွေ့ကြုံတတ်သည် ကို ငါရိပ်မိ ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

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

Japanese Freedom Bible

知恵ある者の目はその頭にあるが、愚かな者は闇の中を歩く。しかし、どちらにも同じ出来事が起こるのを、私は悟った。

World Chinese Bible

智慧人的眼睛在他头上，愚昧人却在黑暗中行走——然而我也明白，同一遭遇临到他们众人。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

智慧人的眼目光明 ，愚昧人在黑暗里行。我却看明有一件事，这两等人都必遇见。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

智慧人的眼目光明 ，愚昧人在黑暗裏行。我卻看明有一件事，這兩等人都必遇見。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Os olhos do sábio estão em sua cabeça, mas o tolo anda em trevas; então eu também entendi que o mesmo futuro acontece a todos eles.

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Mashi Bible

Omurhimanya anabone aha agera, oku omusirhe ajà atunduza. Kubâge! Ci kwône mmanyire oku bombi obuzinda bwâbo buli buguma.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Der Weise hat seine Augen im Kopf; der Tor aber wandelt in der Finsternis. Zugleich erkannte ich jedoch, daß ihnen allen das gleiche Schicksal begegnet.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Los ojos del sabio están en su cabeza, pero el necio va caminando en la oscuridad; Pero aun así vi que el mismo suceso les llega a todos.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Los ojos del sabio están en su cabeza, Pero el necio anda en la oscuridad. También entendí que una misma cosa acontece a ambos.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

The chacham (wise man) hath eyes in his rosh; but the kesil (fool) walketh in choshech; but I myself perceived also that the same mikreh (fortune) happeneth to them all.

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