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Ecclesiastes 1:10

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Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

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Ecclesiastes 1:10 in other translations

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.

Ecclesiastes 1:10 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:10 in context

  1. 8All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
  2. 9That which 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.
  3. 10Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
  4. 11There is no remembrance of the former generations; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter generations that are to come, among those that shall come after.
  5. 12I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.