Chuándàoshū 2:14

14 Zhìhuì rén de yǎnmù guāngmíng , ( guāngmíng yuánwén zuò zaì tā tóu shang ) yúmeì rén zaì hēiàn lǐ xíng . wǒ què kàn míng yǒu yī jiàn shì , zhè liǎng dĕng rén dōu bì yùjiàn .

Chuándàoshū 2:14 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man's eyes [are] in his head
And so are the eyes of every man; but the sense is, he makes use of them, he looks about him, and walks circumspectly; he takes heed to his goings, he foresees the evil, and avoids it; or the danger he is exposed unto, and guards against it. Some understand it, in a more spiritual and evangelical sense, of Christ, who is the head of the body the church, and of every true believer; of everyone that is wise unto salvation, whose eyes are on him alone for righteousness, salvation, and eternal life; or on whom Christ's eyes are; who is said to have seven eyes, with which he guides, guards, and protects his people; but the fool walketh in darkness;
his eyes are to the ends of the earth; he walks incautiously, without any circumspection or guard; he knows not where he is, nor where he is going, nor where he shall set his foot next, nor at what he may stumble; wherefore a wise man is to be preferred to a fool, as wisdom is to folly. The Midrash interprets the wise man of Abraham, and the fool of Nimrod; and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all;
the wise man and the fool; or, "but I myself perceived" ^F23 though it is allowed that a wise man is better than a fool; yet this also must be owned, which Solomon's experience proved, and every man's does, that the same things befall wise men and fools; they are liable to the same diseases of body, and disasters of life; to poverty and distress, to loss of estate, children, and friends, and to death itself.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 (yteryw) "sed agnovi", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "sed cognovi", Rambachius; "but I saw", Broughton.

Chuándàoshū 2:14 In-Context

12 Wǒ zhuǎn niàn guānkàn zhìhuì , kuáng wàng , hé yúmeì . zaì wáng yǐhòu ér lái de rén , huán néng zuò shénme ne . yĕ bù guo xíng zǎo xiān suǒ xíng de jiù shì le .

13 Wǒ biàn kàn chū zhìhuì shēng guo yúmeì , rútóng guāngmíng shēng guo hēiàn .

14 Zhìhuì rén de yǎnmù guāngmíng , ( guāngmíng yuánwén zuò zaì tā tóu shang ) yúmeì rén zaì hēiàn lǐ xíng . wǒ què kàn míng yǒu yī jiàn shì , zhè liǎng dĕng rén dōu bì yùjiàn .

15 Wǒ jiù xīnli shuō , yúmeì rén suǒ yùjiàn de , wǒ yĕ bì yùjiàn . wǒ wèihé gèng yǒu zhìhuì ne . wǒ xīnli shuō , zhè yĕ shì xū kōng .

16 Zhìhuì rén , hé yúmeì rén yíyàng , yǒngyuǎn wú rén jìniàn . yīnwei rìhòu dōu beì wàngjì . kĕ tàn zhìhuì rén sǐwáng , yǔ yúmeì rén wú yì .