Ecclesiastes 1:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 3:15 : 15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
  • Jer 31:22 : 22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
  • Rev 21:1 : 1 ¶ And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
  • Rev 21:5 : 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, ‹Behold, I make all things new.› And he said unto me, ‹Write: for these words are true and faithful.›
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 ¶ But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
  • Eccl 6:10 : 10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
  • Eccl 7:10 : 10 Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
  • Isa 43:19 : 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.
  • Eccl 2:12 : 12 ¶ And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.

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  • Eccl 1:10-11
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    92%

    10Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

    11[There is] no remembrance of former [things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance of [things] that are to come with [those] that shall come after.

  • Eccl 3:14-16
    3 verses
    84%

    14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.

    15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

    16¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.

  • Eccl 1:7-8
    2 verses
    81%

    7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea [is] not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

    8All things [are] full of labour; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

  • Eccl 1:13-15
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    81%

    13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

    15[That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

    15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

    16[There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 2:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.

    12¶ And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.

  • Eccl 1:1-5
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    1¶ The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

    2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.

    3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

    4¶ [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

    5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

  • Eccl 6:9-12
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    77%

    9Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.

    10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

    11¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?

    12For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    77%

    16When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also [there is that] neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

    17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].

  • Eccl 3:10-12
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    76%

    10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

    11¶ He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

    12I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8¶ Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all [is] vanity.

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3Yea, better [is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 3:1
    75%

    1¶ To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1¶ For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] before them.

  • Eccl 4:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7¶ Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

    8There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.

  • Eccl 9:3
    75%

    3This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

  • Eccl 6:1
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    1¶ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men:

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 8:9
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    9¶ All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: [there is] a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

  • Eccl 9:6
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    6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any [thing] that is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13¶ This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me:

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

  • Eccl 3:19
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    19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.

  • Eccl 2:17-20
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    17¶ Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

    18Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

    19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.

    20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

  • Eccl 2:22
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    22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

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    14¶ There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

  • Eccl 2:24
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    24[There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.

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    16And this also [is] a sore evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?