Ecclesiastes 1:9

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

Majority Standard Bible

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 wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.

10Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:15What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

Ecclesiastes 7:10Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.

Jeremiah 31:22How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.”

Revelation 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

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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