Ecclesiastes 1:9

Ecclesiastes chapter 1 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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.

King James Version · 1611

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.

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.

v.8All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

v.9This passage

v.10Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 3:15
That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.
Ecclesiastes 2:12
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for whatcanthe mandothat cometh after the king? even that which hath been done long ago.
Jeremiah 31:22
How long wilt thou go hither and thither, O thou backsliding daughter? for Jehovah hath created a new thing in the earth: A woman shall encompass a man.
Ecclesiastes 7:10
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Isaiah 43:19
Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Revelation 21:5
And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true.