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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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsIs there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
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.
There is a thing of which one saith: `See this, it is new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!
Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).