9What 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.


In Context

6 Going unto the south, and turning round unto the north, turning round, turning round, the wind is going, and by its circuits the wind hath returned.

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.

Ecclesiastes 1:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9The 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:9What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:9What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:9That 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:9That 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9The 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9The thing that has 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.