Ecclesiastes 1:9

What is that which has been? the very thing which shall be: and what is that which has been done? the very thing which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Brenton Septuagint

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 labour; a man will not be able to speak of them: neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, neither shall the ear be filled with hearing.

10Who is he that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? it has already been in the ages that have passed before us.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:15That which has been is now; and whatever things are appointed to be have already been; and God will seek out that which is past.

Ecclesiastes 7:10Say not, What has happened, that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire in wisdom concerning this.

Jeremiah 31:22and upon Dæbon, and upon Nabau, and upon the house of Dæthlathaim,

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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