New American Standard Bible 2020
Ecclesiastes 2:14-16
14The wise person’s eyes are in his head, but the 1fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that 2one and the same fate happens to 3both of them.
15Then I said 4to myself, “5As is the fate of the fool, it will also happen to me. 6Why then have I been extremely wise?” So 7I said to myself, “This too is futility.”
16For there is 8no 9lasting remembrance of the wise, along with the fool, since in the coming days everything will 10soon be forgotten. And 11how the wise and the fool alike die!
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 2:14 1 John 2:11 ↩
- 2. Ecclesiastes 2:14 Ps 49:10; Eccl 3:19; 6:6; 7:2; 9:2, 3 ↩
- 3. Ecclesiastes 2:14 Lit all of ↩
- 4. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Lit in my heart ↩
- 5. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Eccl 2:16 ↩
- 6. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Eccl 6:8, 11 ↩
- 7. Ecclesiastes 2:15 Lit I spoke in my heart ↩
- 8. Ecclesiastes 2:16 Eccl 1:11; 9:5 ↩
- 9. Ecclesiastes 2:16 Lit forever ↩
- 10. Ecclesiastes 2:16 Lit already ↩
- 11. Ecclesiastes 2:16 Eccl 2:14 ↩
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
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