NET Bible
"What exists now is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth."
— Ecclesiastes 1:9, NET Bible
“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 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.”
The wind goes to the south and circles around to the north; round and round the wind goes and on its rounds it returns.
All the streams flow into the sea, but the sea is not full, and to the place where the streams flow, there they will flow again.
All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.
What exists now is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth.
Is there anything about which someone can say,“Look at this! It is new!”? It was already done long ago, before our time.
No one remembers the former events, nor will anyone remember the events that are yet to happen; they will not be remembered by the future generations.
Futility of Secular Accomplishment I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.