Catholic Public Domain Version
"What is it that has existed? The same shall exist in the future. What is it that has been done? The same shall continue to be done. "
— Ecclesiastes 1:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“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. ”
“That 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.”
“What exists now is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth.”
“What is it that hath been? the same thing that shall be. What is it that hath been done? the same that shall be done.”
“That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.”
“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.”
it circles through the south, and arcs toward the north. The spirit continues on, illuminating everything in its circuit, and turning again in its cycle.
All rivers enter into the sea, and the sea does not overflow. To the place from which the rivers go out, they return, so that they may flow again.
Such things are difficult; man is not able to explain them with words. The eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor is the ear fulfilled by hearing.
What is it that has existed? The same shall exist in the future. What is it that has been done? The same shall continue to be done.
There is nothing new under the sun. Neither is anyone able to say: “Behold, this is new!” For it has already been brought forth in the ages that were before us.
There is no remembrance of the former things. Indeed, neither shall there be any record of past things in the future, for those who will exist at the very end.
I, Ecclesiastes, was king of Israel at Jerusalem.