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Ecclesiastes Chapter 1 verse 10 Holy Bible

ASV Ecclesiastes 1:10

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.
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BBE Ecclesiastes 1:10

Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.
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DARBY Ecclesiastes 1:10

Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.
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KJV 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.
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WBT Ecclesiastes 1:10


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WEB Ecclesiastes 1:10

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.
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YLT Ecclesiastes 1:10

There is a thing of which `one' saith: `See this, it `is' new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!
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Ecclesiastes 1 : 10 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 10. - Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? The writer conceives that objection may be taken to his statement at the end of the preceding verse, so he proceeds to reiterate it in stronger terms. "Thing" is dabar (see on ver. 8). Septuagint, "He who shall speak and say, Behold, this is new," seil. Where is he? Vulgate, "Nothing is new under the sun, nor is any one able to say, Lo! this is fresh." The apparent exceptions to the rule are mistaken inferences. It hath been already of old time, which was before us. In the vast aeons of the past, recorded or unrecorded, the seeming novelty has already been known. The discoveries of earlier time are forgotten, and seem quite new when revived; but closer investigation proves their previous existence.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) Of old time.--The Hebrew word here is peculiar to Ecclesiastes, where it occurs eight times (Ecclesiastes 2:12; Ecclesiastes 2:16; Ecclesiastes 3:15; Ecclesiastes 4:2; Ecclesiastes 6:10; Ecclesiastes 9:6-7), but is common in later Hebrew. . . .