Ecclesiastes 1:10
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.In other versions
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.
ASV
Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.
BBE
Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.
DBY
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.
WEB
There is a thing of which `one' saith: `See this, it `is' new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!
YLT
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it has been already of old time, which was before us.
ENG
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.
WBT
Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
BSB
In context
8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9The 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.
10Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
12I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.