Ecclesiastes 1:9

What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

American Standard Version

That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Geneva Bible 1599

What is it that hath bene? that that shalbe: and what is it that hath bene done? that which shalbe done: and there is no newe thing vnder the sunne.

Darby Translation

That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which will be done: and there is nothing new under the sun.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.

In context

8All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.

10Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.

Read Ecclesiastes 1