Ecclesiastes 1:10
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New International Version (©1984)
Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Is there anything of which one might say, "See this, it is new "? Already it has existed for ages Which were before us.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Can you say that anything is new? It has already been here long before us.

King James Bible
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

American King James Version
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it has been already of old time, which was before us.

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say: Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before us.

Darby Bible Translation
Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.

English Revised Version
Is there a thing whereof men say, See, this is new? it hath been already, in the ages which were before us.

Webster's Bible Translation
Is there any thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
There is a thing of which one saith: 'See this, it is new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!

Geneva Study Bible

Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

10. old time-Hebrew, "ages."

which was-The Hebrew plural cannot be joined to the verb singular. Therefore translate: "It hath been in the ages before; certainly it hath been before us" [Holden]. Or, as Maurer: "That which has been (done) before us (in our presence, 1Ch 16:33), has been (done) already in the old times."

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

1:9-11 Men's hearts and their corruptions are the same now as in former times; their desires, and pursuits, and complaints, still the same. This should take us from expecting happiness in the creature, and quicken us to seek eternal blessings. How many things and persons in Solomon's day were thought very great, yet there is no remembrance of them now!


Ecclesiastes 1:9 That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 1:11 There is no remembrance of earlier things; And also of the later things which will occur, There will be for them no remembrance Among those who will come later still. (NASB ©1995)

Ages Ago Already Existed New Something Time Whereof


Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

it hath Mt 5:12 23:30-32 Lu 17:26-30 Ac 7:51 1Th 2:14-16 2Ti 3:8

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