Ecclesiastes 1:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁰ Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has already been in the ages before us.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has already been, in the vast ages of time [recorded or unrecorded] which were before us.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ People may say about something: “Look at this! It’s new!” But it was already around for ages before us.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ There is nothing new under the sun. Neither is anyone able to say: "Behold, this is new!" For it has already been brought forth in the ages that were before us.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ 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.

Ecclesiastes 1:10 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:11

The people of long ago are not remembered, nor will there be any remembrance of people yet to come by those who come after them.

Ecclesiastes 1:9

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

Ecclesiastes 2:12

So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly, for what can the king’s successor do? Only what has already been done.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what humans are and that they are not able to dispute with those who are stronger.

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Acts 7:51

“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are forever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.

2 Timothy 3:8

As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people, of corrupt mind and counterfeit faith, also oppose the truth.