10There is a thing of which one saith: 'See this, it is new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!


In Context

7 All the streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place whither the streams are going, thither they are turning back to go.

8 All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing.

9 What is that which hath been? it is that which is, and what is that which hath been done? it is that which is done, and there is not an entirely new thing under the sun.

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

11 There is not a remembrance of former generations; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.

12 I, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:10Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:10Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:10Nothing 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:10Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:10Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:10Is there a thing whereof men say, See, this is new? it hath been already, in the ages which were before us.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:10Is there any thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:10Is there a thing of which it may be said, |Behold, this is new?| It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:10Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it has been already of old time, which was before us.