Ecclesiastes 1:10

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.