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Ecclesiastes 1:10

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

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יֵ֥שׁyesh[is] there?H3426 →
דָּבָ֛רda.VaranythingH1697 →
שֶׁיֹּאמַ֥רshei.yo.Marthat anyone will sayH559 →
רְאֵה־re.'eh-seeH7200 →
זֶ֖הzehthisH2088 →
חָדָ֣שׁcha.Dash[is] newH2319 →
ה֑וּאHu'itH1931 →
כְּבָר֙ke.VaralreadyH3528 →
הָיָ֣הha.Yahit has beenH1961 →
לְעֹֽלָמִ֔יםle.'o.la.Mimto ancient timesH5769 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
הָיָ֖הha.Yahit wasH1961 →
מִלְּפָנֵֽנוּ׃mi.le.fa.Ne.nufrom to before usH6440 →

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Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.Matthew 23:30–32And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’Luke 17:26–30Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:Exodus 7:1The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.Matthew 5:12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.Proverbs 20:14“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.1 Thessalonians 2:14–16For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

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About Ecclesiastes

King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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