Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 2:14

¹⁴The 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.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The wise	הֶֽחָכָם֙	he·ḥā·ḵām	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H2450 wise
man has eyes	עֵינָ֣יו	‘ê·nāw	Noun - cdc; third person masculine singular	H5869 eye
in his head	בְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹ	bə·rō·šōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7218 head
but the fool	וְהַכְּסִ֖יל	wə·hak·kə·sîl	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3684 stupid fellow, dullard, fool
walks	הוֹלֵ֑ךְ	hō·w·lêḵ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
in darkness	בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ	ba·ḥō·šeḵ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity
Yet I	אָ֔נִי	’ā·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
also	גַם־	ḡam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
came to realize	וְיָדַ֣עְתִּי	wə·yā·ḏa‘·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H3045 know
that one	אֶחָ֖ד	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
fate	שֶׁמִּקְרֶ֥ה	šem·miq·reh	Pronoun - relative; Noun - masculine singular	H4745 accident, chance, fortune
overcomes	יִקְרֶ֥ה	yiq·reh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7136 encounter, meet, befall
them	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
both	כֻּלָּֽם׃	kul·lām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3605 the whole, all

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 49:10 · Proverbs 17:24 · Ecclesiastes 9:11 · 1 John 2:11 · Ecclesiastes 9:1–3 · Ecclesiastes 3:19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.