Ecclesiastes 1:10

Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

In Context

9What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

11There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

Matthew 23:30And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:10-12

Change without Novelty. 9 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. 10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. 11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after. Two things we are apt to take a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction in, and… Read the whole commentary →

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