Ecclesiastes 1:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 3:15 : 15 What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which `is' to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.
  • Jer 31:22 : 22 Till when dost thou withdraw thyself, O backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath prepared a new thing in the land, Woman doth compass man.
  • Rev 21:1 : 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more;
  • Rev 21:5 : 5 And He who is sitting upon the throne said, `Lo, new I make all things; and He saith to me, `Write, because these words are true and stedfast;'
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction,
  • Eccl 6:10 : 10 What `is' that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it `is' man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.
  • Eccl 7:10 : 10 Say not thou, `What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.
  • Isa 43:19 : 19 Lo, I am doing a new thing, now it springeth up, Do ye not know it? Yea, I put in a wilderness a way, In a desolate place -- floods.
  • Eccl 2:12 : 12 And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what `is' the man who cometh after the king? that which `is' already -- they have done it!

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  • Eccl 1:10-11
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    10There is a thing of which `one' saith: `See this, it `is' new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!

    11There is not a remembrance of former `generations'; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.

  • Eccl 3:14-16
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    14I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him.

    15What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which `is' to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.

    16And again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment -- there `is' the wicked; and the place of righteousness -- there `is' the wicked.

  • Eccl 1:7-8
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    81%

    7All the streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place whither the streams are going, thither they are turning back to go.

    8All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing.

  • Eccl 1:13-15
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    13And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It `is' a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

    14I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit!

    15A crooked thing `one' is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
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    15I have seen all the living, who are walking under the sun, with the second youth who doth stand in his place;

    16there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 2:11-12
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    11and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

    12And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what `is' the man who cometh after the king? that which `is' already -- they have done it!

  • Eccl 1:1-5
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    1Words of a preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:

    2Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole `is' vanity.

    3What advantage `is' to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

    4A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.

    5Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.

  • Eccl 6:9-12
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    9Better `is' the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

    10What `is' that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it `is' man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.

    11For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage `is' to man?

    12For who knoweth what `is' good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),

    17then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.

  • Eccl 3:10-12
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    10I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

    11The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.

    12I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole `is' vanity.

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3And better than both of them `is' he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.

  • Eccl 3:1
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    1To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, `are' in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole `is' before them.

  • Eccl 4:7-8
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    7And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:

    8There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and `he saith not', `For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.

  • Eccl 9:3
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    3This `is' an evil among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event `is' to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness `is' in their heart during their life, and after it -- unto the dead.

  • Eccl 6:1
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    1There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it `is' great on man:

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it `is' his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?

  • Eccl 8:9
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    9All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.

  • Eccl 9:6
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    6Their love also, their hatred also, their envy also, hath already perished, and they have no more a portion to the age in all that hath been done under the sun.

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

  • Eccl 3:19
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    19For an event `is to' the sons of man, and an event `is to' the beasts, even one event `is' to them; as the death of this, so `is' the death of that; and one spirit `is' to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole `is' vanity.

  • Eccl 2:17-20
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    17And I have hated life, for sad to me `is' the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

    18And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.

    19And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also `is' vanity.

    20And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.

  • Eccl 2:22
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    22For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also `is' vanity.

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    24There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it `is' from the hand of God.

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    16And this also `is' a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage `is' to him who laboureth for wind?