Ecclesiastes 1:9

Modern English Version

What has been is the same as what will be, and what has been done is the same as what will be done. There is nothing really new under the sun.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:15

That which is, has already been, and what is to come, has already been; and God seeks out what has gone by.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

What has already been has been named and determined, and it is already designated what will happen to a person; he cannot contend with Him who is stronger than he.

Ecclesiastes 2:12

Then I turned to observe wisdom, the folly of ideas, and foolish behavior. For what else can a person do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.

Revelation 21:1

Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth.” For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no more sea.

Ecclesiastes 7:10

Do not say, “Why were the earlier days better than these days?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you go about, O faithless daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth: A woman shall obtain a man.

2 Peter 2:1

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

Isaiah 43:19

Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not be aware of it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Revelation 21:5

He who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Then He said to me, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”

Ecclesiastes 1:10

Is there a matter where it is said, “Behold, this is truly new”? Long ago in the past every matter has already been in our midst.