NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon The wise man'schakam (khaw-kawm') wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful) -- cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise(hearted), man). eyes `ayin (ah'-yin) an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) are in his head ro'sh (roshe) the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) but the fool kciyl (kes-eel') fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly -- fool(-ish). walketh halak (haw-lak') to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) in darkness choshek (kho-shek') the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity. and I myself perceived yada` (yaw-dah') to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially also that one 'echad (ekh-awd') united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first event miqreh (mik-reh') something met with, i.e. an accident or fortune -- something befallen, befalleth, chance, event, hap(-peneth). happeneth qarah (kaw-raw') to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor) to them all Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible 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. King James 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both. International Standard Version The wise use their eyes, but the fool walks in darkness. I also perceived that the same outcome affects them all. NET Bible 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation A wise person uses the eyes in his head, but a fool walks in the dark. But I have also come to realize that the same destiny waits for both of them. King James 2000 Bible The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one fate happens to them all. Links Ecclesiastes 2:14Ecclesiastes 2:14 NIV Ecclesiastes 2:14 NLT Ecclesiastes 2:14 ESV Ecclesiastes 2:14 NASB Ecclesiastes 2:14 KJV |
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