Ecclesiastes 1:10

If there be any thing whereof it is said, See, this is new: It hath already been in olden times which were before us.

Leeser Tanakh

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

9That which hath been, is the same which will be; and that which hath been done, is the same which will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.

11[Only] there is no recollection of former [generations]; and also of the later ones, that are to be—of these [likewise] there will be no recollection with those that will be still later.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:10That which hath been is already called by its name, and it is known that he is a man: and he is not able to contend with him that is mightier than he.

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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