the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Ecclesiastes 1:9
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That which has been is that which will be,And that which has been done is that which will be done.So there is nothing new under the sun.
That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.
The thyng that hath ben, commeth to passe agayne, and the thyng that hath ben done, shalbe done agayne: There is no newe thyng vnder the sunne.
That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.
That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.
That which has been, it is that which shall be. And that which has been done, it is that which will be done. And there is no new thing under the sun.
All things continue the way they have been since the beginning. The same things will be done that have always been done. There is nothing new in this life.
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.
The thing that hath beene, it is that which shall be: and that which is done, is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing vnder the sunne.
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 thinge yt hath bene, cometh to passe agayne: & ye thinge yt hath bene done, is done agayne, there is no new thinge vnder the Sonne.
That which has been is that which will be [again], And that which has been done is that which will be done again. So there is nothing new 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 is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will 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.
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.
What exists now is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth.
Everything that happens has happened before; nothing is new, nothing under the sun.
What has been is what will be, what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.
What is it that hath bene? that that shalbe: and what is it that hath bene done? that which shalbe done: and there is no newe thing vnder the sunne.
The thing that has been is that which shall be; and that which has been clone is that which shall be done; and there is nothing new 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.
That which hath been is that which shall be, and that which hath been done is that which shall be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.
What has been is what will be. And what has been done is what will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.
What is that which has been? the very thing which shall be: and what is that which has been done? the very thing 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 has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.
That which hath been, is the same that shall be, and, that which hath been done, is the same that shall be done, - and there is, nothing new, 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.
What has been—it is what will be; what has been done—it is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.
What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.
What has been, it is what will be, And what has been done, it is what will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.
All things continue the way they have been since the beginning. What has happened will happen again; there is nothing new here on earth.
What has happened before will happen again. What has been done before will be done again. There is nothing new in the whole world.
What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.
What is that thing that was, that that schal come? What is that thing that is maad, that that schal be maad?
What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.
What [is] that which hath been? it [is] that which is, and what [is] that which hath been done? it [is] that which is done, and there is not an entirely new thing under the sun.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
that hath: Ecclesiastes 3:15, Ecclesiastes 7:10, 2 Peter 2:1
and there: Isaiah 43:19, Jeremiah 31:22, Revelation 21:1, Revelation 21:5
Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 6:10 - which 2 Peter 3:4 - where
Cross-References
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.
Then God said, "Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth."
God called the space "sky." And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.
Then God said, "Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear." And that is what happened.
Then God said, "Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came." And that is what happened.
Then God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground."
Then God said, "Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.
God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be,.... The thing that has been seen and heard is no other than what shall be seen and heard again; so that what is now seen and heard is only what has been seen and heard before; it is but the same thing over again; and that is the reason why the eye and ear are never satisfied; the same objects, as the visible heavens and earth, and all therein, which have been from the beginning, these are they which shall be, and there is nothing else to be seen and heard, and enjoyed;
and that which is done, [is] that which shall be done; what is done in the present age, nay, in this year, month, or day, shall be done over again in the next;
and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun; which is to be understood of things natural, as the works of creation, which were finished from the beginning of the world, and continue as they were ever since, Hebrews 4:3; the various seasons of day and night, of summer and winter, of spring and autumn, of heat and cold, of seed time and harvest, come in course, as they always did; these ordinances never fail, Genesis 8:22. The things before mentioned, the constant succession of men on earth, who are born into the world and die out of it, just as they always did; the sun rises and sets at its appointed time, as it did almost six thousand years ago; the winds whirl about all the points of the compass now as formerly; the rivers have the same course and recourse, and the sea its ebbing and flowing, they ever had; the same arts and sciences, trades and manufactures, obtained formerly as now, though in some circumstances there may be an improvement, and in others they grow worse; see Genesis 4:2
Exodus 31:3; and even such things as are thought of new invention, it may be only owing to the ignorance of former times, history failing to give us an account of them; thus the art of printing, the making of gunpowder, and the use of guns and bombs, and of the lodestone and mariner's compass, were thought to be of no long standing; and yet, according to the Chinese histories, that people were in possession of these things hundreds of years before; the circulation of the blood, supposed to be first found out by a countryman of ours in the last century, was known by Solomon, and is thought to be designed by him in
Ecclesiastes 12:6; and the like may be observed of other things. The emperor Mark Antonine f has the very phrase ουδεν καινον, "nothing new": so Seneca g,
"nothing new I see, nothing new I do.''
This will likewise hold good in moral things; the same vices and virtues are now as ever, and ever were as they are; men in every age were born in sin, and were transgressors from the womb; from their infancy corrupt, and in all the stages of life; there were the same luxury and intemperance, and unnatural lusts, rapine and violence, in the days of Noah and Lot, as now; in Sodom and Gomorrah, and in the old world, as in the present age; and there were some few then, as now, that were men of sobriety, honesty, truth, and righteousness. There is nothing to be excepted but preternatural things, miraculous events, which may be called new, unheard of, and wonderful ones; such as the earth's opening and swallowing men alive at once; the standing still of the sun and moon for a considerable time; the miracles wrought by the prophets of the Old and the apostles of the New Testament, and especially by Christ; and particularly the incarnation of Christ, or his birth of a virgin, that new thing made in the earth; these and such like things are made by the power of, he divine Being, who dwells above the sun, and is not bound by the laws of nature. Spiritual things may also be excepted, which are the effects of divine favour, or the produce of efficacious grace; and yet these things, though in some sense new, are also old; or there have been the same things for substance in former ages, and from the beginning, as now; such as the new covenant of grace; the new and living way to God; new creatures in Christ; a new name; the New Testament, and the doctrines of it; new ordinances, and the new commandment of love; and yet these, in some sense, are all old things, and indeed are the same in substance: there is nothing new but what is above the sun, and to be enjoyed in the realms of bliss to all eternity; and there are some things new h, new wine in Christ's Father's kingdom, new glories, joys, and pleasures, that will never end.
f De Orig. Error. l. 2. c. 6. g יגעים "laboriosae", Pagninus, Vatablus, Mercerus, Gejerus, Schmidt. h Vid. R. Alshech in loc.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hath been ... is done - i. e., Hath happened in the course of nature ... is done by man.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ecclesiastes 1:9. The thing that hath been — Every thing in the whole economy of nature has its revolutions; summer and winter, heat and cold, rain and drought, seedtime and autumn, with the whole system of corruption and generation, alternately succeed each other, so that whatever has been shall be again. There is really, physically, and philosophically, nothing absolutely new under the sun, in the course of sublunary things. The same is the case in all the revolutions of the heavens.
