Ecclesiastes 1:10

8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

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.

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.

12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
KJV
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.
BLB
Is there anything of which one may say, “See this? It [is] new!” Already it has been in the ages that were from before our faces.
ÅB
Er det noe hvorom en ville si: Se, dette er nytt - så har det vært til for lenge siden, i fremfarne tider som var før oss.
OTB
Er det noe man kan si om, "Se! Dette er noe nytt"? Det har allerede eksistert i tidligere tider.
B1930
Er det noget hvorom en vilde si: Se, dette er nytt - så har det vært til for lenge siden, i fremfarne tider som var før oss.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 7:51

    Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

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  • Matthew 23:30–32

    And 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.

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  • Luke 17:26–30

    And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

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  • Matthew 5:12

    Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

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  • 2 Timothy 3:8

    Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

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