Ecclesiastes 1:9

What exists now ¹  is what will be, ²  and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth. ³ 

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

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.

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

What was will be again, what happened will happen again. There's nothing new on this earth. Year after year it's the same old thing.

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.

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

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.

What exists now ¹  is what will be, ²  and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “what is.” The Hebrew verbal form is a perfect. Another option is to translate, “What has been.” See the next line, which speaks of the past and the future.

² tn The Hebrew verbal form is an imperfect.

³ tn Heb “under the sun.”