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Ecclesiastes 1:9
New English Translation
Ecclesiastes 1:9
New English Translation
9 What exists now[a] is what will be,[b]
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing truly new on earth.[c]
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:9 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.
- Ecclesiastes 1:9 tn The Hebrew verbal form is an imperfect.
- Ecclesiastes 1:9 tn Heb “under the sun.”
New English Translation (NET)
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