Ecclesiastes 1:9

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

In context

7 All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.

8 All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.

9 What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

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

11 There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
KJV King James Version: 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.
WEB World English Bible: 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.
ASV American Standard Version: 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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.
DBY Darby Translation: 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.
WBS Webster Bible: 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.