Ecclesiastes 1:10
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it has been already of old time, which was before us.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it has been already of old time, which was before us.
American Standard Version (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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.
Webster's Revision
Is there any thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
World English Bible
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Is there a thing whereof men say, See, this is new? it hath been already, in the ages which were before us.
Clarke's Ecclesiastes 1:10 Bible Commentary
Is there any thing, etc. - The original is beautiful. "Is there any thing which will say, See this! it is new?" Men may say this of their discoveries, etc.; but universal nature says, It is not new. It has been, and it will be.