Ecclesiastes 2:12-14

English Standard Version

The Vanity of Living Wisely

^12 (A)So I turned to consider ^(B)wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only ^(C)what has already been done. ¹³ Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. ^14 (D)The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the ^(E)same event happens to all of them.