Ecclesiastes 1:9
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New International Version (©1984)
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

New Living Translation (©2007)
History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.

English Standard Version (©2001)
What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Whatever has happened before will happen [again]. Whatever has been done before will be done [again]. There is nothing new under the sun.

King James Bible
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.

American King James Version
The thing that has 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.

American Standard Version
That 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.

Bible in Basic English
That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.

Douay-Rheims Bible
What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done.

Darby Bible Translation
That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.

English Revised Version
That 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
That 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.

Young's Literal Translation
What is that which hath been? it is that which is, and what is that which hath been done? it is that which is done, and there is not an entirely new thing under the sun.

Geneva Study Bible

{g} 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.

(g) He speaks of times and seasons, and things done in them, which as they have been in times past, so come they to pass again.

Wesley's Notes

1:9 There is - There is nothing in the world but a continued and tiresome repetition of the same things. The nature and course of the beings and affairs of the world, and the tempers of men, are the same that they ever were and shall ever be; and therefore, because no man ever yet received satisfaction from worldly things, it is vain for any person hereafter to expect it. No new thing - In the nature of things, which might give us hopes of attaining that satisfaction which hitherto things have not afforded.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

9. Rather, "no new thing at all"; as in Nu 11:6. This is not meant in a general sense; but there is no new source of happiness (the subject in question) which can be devised; the same round of petty pleasures, cares, business, study, wars, &c., being repeated over and over again [Holden].

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 1:10 Is there anything of which one might say, "See this, it is new "? Already it has existed for ages Which were before us.
Ecclesiastes 2:12 So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done?
Ecclesiastes 3:15 That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.
Ecclesiastes 6:10 Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with him who is stronger than he is. (NASB ©1995)

Entirely New Sun


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.

that hath 3:15 7:10 2Pe 2:1

and there Isa 43:19 Jer 31:22 Re 21:1,5

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