Ecclesiastes 1:9 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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.

English ASV

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.

English Amplified

The thing that has been--it is what will be again, and that which has been done is that which will be done again; and there is nothing new under the sun.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

The thing that has been–it is what will be again, and that which has been done is that which will be done again; and there is nothing new under the sun.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

Things that are happening now will continue to happen in the future. What people have done before other people will do again. There is nothing truly new anywhere on the earth.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

All things continue the way they have been since the beginning. The same things will be done that have always been done. There is nothing new in this life.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

What has happened before will happen again. What has been done before will be done again. There is nothing new in the whole world.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Whatever has happened before will happen {again}. Whatever has been done before will be done {again}. There is nothing new under the sun.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

What has been is the same as what will be, and what has been done is the same as what will be done. There is nothing really new under the sun.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

What has been, that will be; what has been done, that will be done. Nothing is new under the sun.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

What exists now is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Everything that has ever been will come back again. Everything that has ever been done will be done again. Nothing is new on earth.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.

English NLT

History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

History merely repeats itself. Nothing is truly new; it has all been done or said before.

English Tyndale 1537

The thing that hath been, cometh to pass again: and the thing that hath been done, is done again, there is no new thing under the Sun.