World English Bible
"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."
— Ecclesiastes 1:9, World English 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. ”
“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.”
The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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.
Is 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.
There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.