Ecclesiastes 1:10

There's nothing anyone can point to and say, “Look! Here's something new.” In fact it's been around for ages, long before our time.

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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

9Everything that was will continue to be; everything that has been done will be done again. Nothing new ever happens here.

11The problem is we don't remember people from the past, and people in the future won't remember those who came before them.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:10Everything that exists has already been described. Everyone knows what people are like, and that you can't win an argument with a superior.

Matthew 23:30and you say, ‘If we had lived in the times of our ancestors we would not have joined them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

Acts 7:51You arrogant, hard-hearted people! You never listen! You always fight against the Holy Spirit! You act just like your fathers did!

2 Timothy 3:8Just like Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, these teachers also oppose the truth. They are people with corrupted minds whose supposed trust in God is a lie.

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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