Ecclesiastes 2:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 Wise people have eyes in their heads,
but fools walk in darkness.
Yet I knew that the same lot befalls both.[a](A)
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- 2:14 Yet I knew…befalls both: the author quotes a traditional saying upholding the advantages of wisdom, but then qualifies it. Nothing, not even wisdom itself, can give someone absolute control over their destiny and therefore guarantee any advantage.
Ecclesiastes 2:14
New International Version
14 The wise have eyes in their heads,
while the fool walks in the darkness;
but I came to realize
that the same fate overtakes them both.(A)
Ecclesiastes 2:14
King James Version
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.
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Ecclesiastes 3:15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 [a](A)What now is has already been; what is to be, already is: God retrieves what has gone by.
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Ecclesiastes 3:15
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 3:15
King James Version
15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
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