Ecclesiastes 1:10

KJV

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

— Ecclesiastes 1:10, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 1 connects to 9 cross-references. Qohelet the Preacher opens with the declaration 'Vanity of vanities! All is vanity' and surveys the relentless cycles of nature — sun rising and setting, rivers running to the sea — as evidence that there is nothing new under the …

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Other Translations

ASV

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.

YLT

There is a thing of which <FI>one<Fi> saith: `See this, it <FI>is<Fi> new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!

BBE

Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.

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