Ecclesiastes 1:10

Ecclesiastes 1:10 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

10Is there anything of which one can say,

“Look! This is something new”?

It was here already, long ago;

it was here before our time.

10Is there anything of which one might say,

“See this, it is new”?

It has already existed for ages

Which were before us.

10Is there anything of which it can be said,

“See this, it is new”?

It has already existed for [the vast] ages [of time recorded or unrecorded]

Which were before us.

10Is there a case where one can say,

“Look, this is new”?

It has already existed

in the ages before us.

10Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

10Is there any thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? it hath bene already in the olde time that was before vs.

10Is there a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new”? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

10There isn’t anything about which someone can say,

“Look! Here’s something new.”

It was already here long ago.

It was here before we were.

10People may say, ‘Look! Here is something new!’

But really it happened long ago,

before we were born.

10There is a thing of which [one] says: “See this, it [is] new!” Already it has been in the ages that were before us!