New American Standard Bible 2020

Ecclesiastes 2:12-14

12So I turned to 1consider wisdom, insanity, and foolishness; for what will the man do who will come after the king, except 2what has already been done?

13Then I saw that 3wisdom surpasses foolishness as light surpasses darkness.

14The wise person’s eyes are in his head, but the 4fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that 5one and the same fate happens to 6both of them.

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Notes

1. Ecclesiastes 2:12 Eccl 1:17 ↩
2. Ecclesiastes 2:12 Eccl 1:9, 10; 3:15 ↩
3. Ecclesiastes 2:13 Eccl 7:11, 12, 19; 9:18; 10:10 ↩
4. Ecclesiastes 2:14 1 John 2:11 ↩
5. Ecclesiastes 2:14 Ps 49:10; Eccl 3:19; 6:6; 7:2; 9:2, 3 ↩
6. Ecclesiastes 2:14 Lit all of ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 2

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
Rashi on Tanakh
Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
John Wesley’s Notes
Darby Translation Notes
Geneva Bible Translation Notes
Kingcomments
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
EGW Writings