Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has been already, in the ages before us.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 - Revised Standard Version 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. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The thing that has been–it is what will be again, and that which has been done is that which will be done again; and there is nothing new under the sun. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Whatever has happened—that’s what will happen again; whatever has occurred—that’s what will occur again. There’s nothing new under the sun. Catholic Public Domain Version What is it that has existed? The same shall exist in the future. What is it that has been done? The same shall continue to be done. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has been already, in the ages before us.
So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what he has already done.
That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.
Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.
Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth: a woman protects a man.”
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
And he who sat upon the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.”