Ecclesiastes 1:10

Is there any thing of which one may say, “Behold, this is new”? It was long ago, in the times which were before us.

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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

9The thing that hath been is that which shall be, and that which hath been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

11There is no remembrance of former things, and of things that are to come there shall be no remembrance to those who live afterwards.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:10That which is was long ago called by name; and it was known that he is a man, and that he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.

Matthew 23:30and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

Acts 7:51Stiffnecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.

2 Timothy 3:8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also do these withstand the truth; men corrupted in their minds, reprobate concerning 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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