Ecclesiastes 1:10

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 1:10

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.

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KJV

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.

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WEB

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.

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ASV

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.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 1

⁸ All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.

⁹ What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

¹⁰ Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.

¹¹ There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

¹² I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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