King James Version (KJV) Authorized Version 1611
Read Full Chapter (Ecclesiastes 2) Ecclesiastes 2:14-15 KJV
"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. 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."
Ecclesiastes Chapter 2, Verse 14-15
Ecclesiastes 2:14-15 in Context (Verses 11–18 KJV)
11
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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 to them all.
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.
17
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
18
¶ Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.*