Ecclesiastes 1:9

What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing.

10Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say: Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before us.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:15That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.

Ecclesiastes 7:10Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.

Jeremiah 31:22How long wilt thou be dissolute in deliciousness, O wandering daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing upon the earth: A WOMAN SHALL COMPASS A MAN.

Revelation 21:1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth was gone, and the sea is now 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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