Ecclesiastes 1:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Ecclesiastes 1:10 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“There is a thing of which <FI>one<Fi> saith: `See this, it <FI>is<Fi> new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 1:10 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
- Matthew 5:12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
- Matthew 23:30And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
- Luke 17:26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
- Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:14For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,
- 2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
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