Ecclesiastes 1:9

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

Bible in Basic English

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 may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.

10Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:15Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.

Ecclesiastes 7:10Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

Jeremiah 31:22How long will you go on turning this way and that, O wandering daughter? for the Lord has made a new thing on the earth, a woman changed into a man.

Revelation 21:1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were gone; and there was no more sea.

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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