Ecclesiastes 1:9

That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done. And there is no new thing under the sun.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

In Context

8All things are full of weariness, man cannot utter [it]. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

10Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:15That which is, has been long ago, and that which is to be, has long ago been. And God seeks again that which has passed away.

Ecclesiastes 7:10Say thou not, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? For thou do not inquire wisely concerning this.

Jeremiah 31:22How long will thou go here and there, O thou backsliding daughter? For LORD has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.

Revelation 21:1And I saw a new sky and a new earth, for the first sky and the first earth passed away, and the sea is no more.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:5-9

The Vanity of the World. 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. 6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. 7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. 8 All things are full of… Read the whole commentary →

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