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Ecclesiastes 1:10
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Is there anything of which one might say,"See this, it is new"?Already it has been for agesWhich were before us.
Is there anything of which one might say, "See this, it is new"? Already it has existed for ages Which were before us.
Is there any thyng wherof it may be sayde, lo this is newe? for it was long ago in the tymes that haue ben before vs.
Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.
Is there anything of which it may be said, "See, this is new"? It has already been in ancient times before us.
Is there a thing of which one might say, See this, it is new? It has already been for the ages which were before us.
Someone might say, "Look, this is new," but that thing has always been here. It was here before we were.
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.
Is there any thing, whereof it may be sayd, See, this is new? it hath beene already of olde time, which was before vs.
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Is there eny thinge, wherof it maye be sayde: lo, this is new? For it was loge agoo in the tymes yt haue bene before vs.
Is there anything of which it can be said, "See this, it is new"? It has already existed for [the vast] ages [of time recorded or unrecorded] Which were before us.
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.
Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.
Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
Is there [any] thing of which it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Is there anything about which someone can say, "Look at this! It is new!"? It was already done long ago, before our time.
Someone might say, "Here is something new!" But it happened before, long before we were born.
Is there something of which it is said, "See, this is new"? It existed already in the ages before us.
Is there any thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? it hath bene already in the olde time that was before vs.
Whosoever speaks and says, Look, this is new, should know that it already has been in the ages which were before us.
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.
Is there a thing whereof it is said: 'See, this is new'?--it hath been already, in the ages which were before us.
Is there anything of which one might say, "See, this is new"? It has already been there since long before us.
Who is he that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? it has already been in the ages that have passed before us.
Is there a thing whereof men say, See, this is new? it hath been already, in the ages which were before us.
Is there a case where one can say, "Look, this is new"? It has already existed in the ages before us.
Is there a thing of which it is said, "See, this is new"? It has already been, in the ages before us.
Is there a thing, of which it can be said, See here, it is, new? Already, hath it been, for ages, it is something which was before us.
Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say: Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before us.
There is a thing of which it is said, "Look at this! This is new!" But it already existed in ages past before us.
Is there a thing of which it is said, "See, this is new"? It has been already in the ages before us.
Is there anything of which one might say, "See this, it is new"? It has already existed for ages Which were before us.
Someone might say, "Look, this is new," but really it has always been here. It was here before we were.
"Look," they say, "here is something new!" But no, it has all happened before, long before we were born.
Can one say about anything, "Look, this is new"? It has already existed in the ages before us.
No thing vndir the sunne is newe, nether ony man may seie, Lo! this thing is newe; for now it yede bifore in worldis, that weren bifore vs.
Is there a thing of which it is said, "See, this is new"? It has been already, in the ages before us.
There is a thing of which [one] saith: `See this, it [is] new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
it hath: Matthew 5:12, Matthew 23:30-32, Luke 17:26-30, Acts 7:51, 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16, 2 Timothy 3:8
Reciprocal: Exodus 7:1 - See Proverbs 20:14 - It is naught Ecclesiastes 3:15 - which hath
Cross-References
And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.
He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is!
May the glory of the Lord continue forever! The Lord takes pleasure in all he has made!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, see, this [is] new?.... This is an appeal to all men for the truth of the above observation, and carries in it a strong denial that there is anything new under the sun; and is an address to men to inquire into the truth of it, and thoroughly examine it, and see if they can produce any material objection to it; look into the natural world, and the same natural causes will be seen producing the same effects; or into the moral world, and there are the same virtues, and their contrary; or into the political world, and the same schemes are forming and pursuing, and which issue in the same things, peace or war; or into the learned world, and the same languages, arts, and sciences, are taught and learned; and the same things said over again i: or into the mechanic world, and the same trades and businesses are carrying on: or the words may be considered as a concession, and carry in them the form of an objection, "there is a thing k whereof it may be said", or a man may say, "see, this is new"; so the Targum; there were some things in Solomon's time it is allowed that might be objected, as there are in ours, to which the answer is,
it hath been already of old time which was before us; what things are reckoned new are not so; they were known and in use in ages past, long before we had a being. R. Alshech takes the words to be an assertion, and not an interrogation, and interprets it of a spiritual temple in time to come, which yet was created before the world was.
i "Nullum est jam dictum, quod non dictum sit prius", Terent Prolog. Eunuch. v. 41. k יש דבר "est quidpiam", Pagninus, Mercerus, Gejerus; "est res", Drusius, Cocceius, Rambachius.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ecclesiastes 1:10. Is there any thing, c. — The original is beautiful. "Is there any thing which will say, See this! it is new?" Men may say this of their discoveries, &c. but universal nature says, It is not new. It has been, and it will be.
