Ecclesiastes 1:10

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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.

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  • Matt 5:12 : 12 Reioyce, and be glad: for great is your rewarde in heauen. For so persecuted they the prophetes, whiche were before you.
  • Matt 23:30-32 : 30 And say, yf we had ben in the dayes of our fathers, we woulde not haue ben parteners with them in the blood of the prophetes. 31 And so ye be witnesses vnto your selues, that ye are the chyldren of them which kylled the prophetes. 32 Fulfyll ye lykewyse, the measure of your fathers.
  • Luke 17:26-30 : 26 And as it was in the dayes of Noe: so shall it be also in the dayes of the sonne of man. 27 They dyd eate, and drynke, they maryed wiues, and were maryed, euen vnto the same day that Noe went into the Arke: and the fludde came, & destroyed them all. 28 Lykewyse also as it was in the dayes of Lot: they dyd eate, they dranke, they bought, they solde, they planted, they buylded: 29 But euen the same day that Lot went out of Sodome, it rayned fire and brimstone from heauen, and destroyed them all. 30 Euen thus shall it be, in the day when the sonne of man shalbe reuealed.
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 Ye styfnecked and of vncircumcised heartes and eares, ye haue alwayes resisted the holy ghost: as your fathers dyd, so do ye.
  • 1 Thess 2:14-16 : 14 For ye brethren became folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iurie are in Christe Iesus: for ye haue suffred lyke thynges of your countreymen, as they haue of the Iewes: 15 Who both kylled the Lorde Iesus, and their owne prophetes, & haue persecuted vs: and God they please not, and are contrarie to all men: 16 And hynder vs to speake to the gentiles that they myght be saued, to fulfyll their sinnes alway. For the wrath of God is come on them to the vtmost.
  • 2 Tim 3:8 : 8 For as Iannes and Iambres withstoode Moyses, so do these also resist the trueth: Men of corrupt myndes, reprobate concernyng the fayth:

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  • Eccl 1:8-9
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    92%

    8All thinges are so harde to be knowen, that no man can expresse them: The eye is not satisfied with sight, the eare is not fylled with hearyng.

    9The 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.

  • Eccl 1:11-15
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    85%

    11The thyng that is past is out of remembraunce: euen so the thynges that are for to come, shal no more be thought vpon among them that come after.

    12I my selfe the preacher was kyng of Israel at Hierusalem,

    13And dyd applie my mynde to seke out & searche for knowledge of all thynges that are done vnder heauen: Such trauayle and labour hath God geuen vnto the children of men, to exercise them selues therin.

    14Thus haue I considered all these thynges that come to passe vnder the sunne: and lo, they are all but vanitie and vexation of mynde.

    15The croked can not be made straight, nor the imperfection of thynges can be numbred.

  • Eccl 3:14-16
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    14I considered also that whatsoeuer God doth, it continueth for euer: And that nothyng can be put vnto it, nor taken from it, & that God doth it to the intent that men shoulde feare hym.

    15The thyng that hath ben, is nowe: and the thyng that is for to come, hath ben afore time: for God restoreth againe the thyng that was past.

    16Moreouer, I sawe vnder the sunne vngodlynes in the steade of iudgement, & iniquitie in steade of righteousnesse.

  • Eccl 6:10-12
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    10The thyng that hath ben, is named alredy, and knowen that it is euen man him selfe: neither may he go to lawe with him that is mightier then he.

    11Many thinges there be that encrease vanitie, and what hath a man els?

    12For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne?

  • Eccl 2:11-12
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    11But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne.

    12Then turned I me to consider wisdome, errour, and foolishnesse (for what is he among men that myght be compared to me the kyng in such workes?)

  • Eccl 4:15-16
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    15And I perceaued that all men lyuyng vnder the sunne, go with the seconde childe that shall stande vp in the steade of the other.

    16As for the people that haue ben before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable, and they that come after him shall not reioyce in him: This is also a vayne thyng, and vexation of mynde.

  • Eccl 1:1-5
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    1The wordes of the preacher ye sonne of Dauid kyng of Hierusalem.

    2All is but most vayne vanitie saith the preacher, & all is most vayne I say and but playne vanitie.

    3For what els hath a man of all the labour that he taketh vnder the sunne?

    4One generation passeth away, another commeth: but the earth abideth styll.

    5The sunne aryseth, the sunne goeth downe, and returneth to his place, that he may there ryse vp agayne.

  • Eccl 7:10
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    10Say not thou, What is the cause that the dayes of the old time were better then they that be nowe? for that were no wyse question.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2Wherfore I iudged those that are dead, to be more happy then those that be alyue?

    3Yea him that is yet vnborne, to be better at ease then they both: because he seeth not the miserable workes that are done vnder the sunne.

  • Job 20:4
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    4Knowest thou not this of olde, and since God plaged man vpon earth,

  • Eccl 3:10-12
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    10For as touchyng the trauayle and carefulnesse which God hath geuen vnto men, I see that he hath geuen it them to be exercised in it.

    11All this hath he ordeyned marueilous goodly, to euery thyng his due tyme: He hath planted ignoraunce also in the heartes of men, that they shoulde not comprehende the ground of his workes which he doth from the begynnyng to the ende.

    12So I perceaued that in those thinges there is nothyng better for a man then to be mery, and to do well as long as he lyueth.

  • Eccl 3:1
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    1Euery thyng hath a tyme, yea all that is vnder the heaue hath his conuenient season.

  • Deut 4:32
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    32For aske of the dayes that are past, which were before & since the day that God created man vpon the earth, and aske from the one side of heauen vnto the other, if euer there came to passe such a great thyng, or whether any such lyke thyng hath ben hearde as this.

  • Eccl 8:17
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    17I vnderstoode of all the workes of God, but it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto the workes that are done vnder the sunne: and though he bestowe his labour to seeke them out, yet can he not reach vnto them: yea though a wyse man would vndertake to know them, yet shall he not finde them.

  • Eccl 6:1
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    1There is yet a plague vnder the sunne, and it is a generall thyng among men:

  • Eccl 9:1
    71%

    1For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out: The righteous & wise, yea & their seruauntes also are in the hand of God, and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate, but all thinges are before them.

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8All is but vanitie (saith the preacher) all is but playne vanitie.

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13This wysdome haue I seene also vnder the sunne, and me thought it a great thing:

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22Wherfore I perceaue that there is nothyng better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who wyll bryng hym to see the thyng that shall come after hym?

  • Eccl 2:16
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    16For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.

  • Eccl 9:3
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    3Among all thinges that come to passe vnder the sunne, this is a miserie, that it happeneth vnto all alike: This is the cause also that the heartes of men are full of wickednesse, and madde foolishnesse is in their heartes as long as they liue, vntyll they dye.

  • Eccl 8:9-10
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    9All these thinges haue I considered, and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the sunne, howe one man hath lordship vpon another to his owne harme.

    10For I haue seene often the vngodly brought to their graues, and yet they haue returned into the citie agayne: and came from the place of holy men, whiche in the citie were growen out of memorie, as were those also that liued well: This is also a vayne thing.

  • Isa 43:18
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    18Remember not thinges of olde, and regarde nothing that is past.

  • Eccl 4:7
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    7Moreouer I turned me, and beholde yet another vanitie vnder the sunne.

  • Isa 42:9
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    9Beholde olde thinges are come to passe, and newe thinges do I declare, and or euer they come I tell you of them.

  • 2 Pet 3:4
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    4And say: Where is the promise of his commyng? For sence the fathers dyed, all thynges continue a lyke from the begynnyng of the creation.

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8If a man lyue many yeres, and be glad in them all, let hym remember the dayes of darknesse whiche shalbe manye, and that foloweth: Al thinges shalbe but vanitie.

  • Job 8:8
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    8Enquire I pray thee of the former age, and search diligently among their fathers:

  • Eccl 6:6
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    6Yea, though he lyued two thousande yeres, yet hath he no good lyfe: Come not all to one place?

  • Ps 77:5
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    5I dyd thynke vpon the dayes past: and on the yeres of the olde worlde.

  • Eccl 9:6
    69%

    6Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is nowe perished, neither haue they any more part in the worlde in all that is done vnder the sunne.