Ecclesiastes 1:9

What is that which has been? the very thing which shall be: 1 And what is that which has been done? the very thing which shall be done: 1 And there is no new thing under the sun. 1

Updated 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 labor; 1 A man will not be able to speak of them: 1 Neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, 1 Neither shall the ear be filled with hearing. 1

10Who is he that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? 1 It has already been in the ages 1 That have passed before us. 1

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:15That which has been is now; 1 And whatever things are appointed to be have already been; 1 And God will seek out that which is past. 1

Ecclesiastes 7:10Say not, What has happened, 1 That the former days were better than these? 1 For thou dost not inquire in wisdom concerning this. 1

Jeremiah 31:22and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon the house of Beth-diblathaim,

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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