Ecclesiastes 1:10

In 11 translations

BSB

Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.

KJV

Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

WEB

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.“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

ASV

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.

LSV

There is a thing of which [one] says: “See this, it [is] new!” Already it has been in the ages that were before us!

YLT

There is a thing of which [one] saith: 'See this, it [is] new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!

DBY

Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.

DRC

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.

GNV

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.

JPS

Is there a thing whereof it is said: 'See, this is new'? — it hath been already, in the ages which were before us.

LXXE

Who is he that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? it has already been in the ages that have passed before us.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

יֵ֥שׁ דָּבָ֛ר שֶׁיֹּאמַ֥ר רְאֵה־זֶ֖ה חָדָ֣שׁ ה֑וּא כְּבָר֙ הָיָ֣ה לְעֹֽלָמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה מִלְּפָנֵֽנוּ׃

LXX-Br

Ὃς λαλήσει καὶ ἐρεῖ, ἴδε τοῦτο καινόν ἐστιν; ἤδη γέγονεν ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσι τοῖς γενομένοις ἀπὸ ἔμπροσθεν ἡμῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
• Luke 17:26–30Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and…
• Matthew 23:30–32And 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.’ So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered…
• 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.
• Matthew 5:12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:14–16For 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, who killed both the Lord Jesus and their…

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