Ecclesiastes 1:10

Is there a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new”? It has been long ago, in the ages 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

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

11There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

Matthew 23:30and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’

Acts 7:51“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.

2 Timothy 3:8Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.

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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