King James Version
Ecclesiastes 1:10 in the King James Version says “Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.” — study this verse from Ecclesiastes chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.”
Ecclesiastes 1:10 · KJV
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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.
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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“Is there”
H3426there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
“any thing”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“See”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“it hath been already”
H3528properly, extent of time, i.e., a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“of old time”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“which was before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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