The Holy Bible, English Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 1:9-11
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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.
10 Is there a thing of which it is said,
“See, this is new”?
It has been already
in the ages before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things, [1]
nor will there be any remembrance
of later things [2] yet to be
among those who come after.

Footnotes

[1] 1:11 Or former people
[2] 1:11 Or later people

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