ECC 1:10 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ὃς λαλήσει καὶ ἐρεῖ, ἴδε τοῦτο καινόν ἐστιν; ἤδη γέγονεν ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσι τοῖς γενομένοις ἀπὸ ἔμπροσθεν ἡμῶν.
(Hos lalaʸsei kai erei, ide touto kainon estin; aʸdaʸ gegonen en tois aiōsi tois genomenois apo emprosthen haʸmōn. )

BrTr Who is he that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? it has already been in the ages that have passed before us.

ULT Is there a thing about which one says,
⇔ “See this—it is new?”
⇔ It already existed
⇔ in ages that were from before our faces.

UST Sometimes people say, “Look at this! This is something new!”
⇔ But it has existed previously.
⇔ It existed before we were born.

BSB Is there a case where one can say,
⇔ “Look, this is new”?
⇔ It has already existed
⇔ in the ages before us.

OEB under the sun. When anything occurs that one is disposed to call really new, it will be found to have

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

1:10 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

MSG ^(2-11)Smoke, nothing but smoke. [That’s what the Quester says.]
  There’s nothing to anything—it’s all smoke.
What’s there to show for a lifetime of work,
  a lifetime of working your fingers to the bone?
One generation goes its way, the next one arrives,
  but nothing changes—it’s business as usual for old planet earth.
The sun comes up and the sun goes down,
  then does it again, and again—the same old round.
The wind blows south, the wind blows north.
  Around and around and around it blows,
  blowing this way, then that—the whirling, erratic wind.
All the rivers flow into the sea,
  but the sea never fills up.
The rivers keep flowing to the same old place,
  and then start all over and do it again.
Everything’s boring, utterly boring—
  no one can find any meaning in it.
Boring to the eye,
  boring to the ear.
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.
Does someone call out, “Hey, this is new”?
  Don’t get excited—it’s the same old story.
Nobody remembers what happened yesterday.
  And the things that will happen tomorrow?
Nobody’ll remember them either.
  Don’t count on being remembered.

NET Is there anything about which someone can say, “Look at this! It is new!”?
⇔ It was already done long ago, before our time.

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

FBV There's nothing anyone can point to and say, “Look! Here's something new.” In fact it's been around for ages, long before our time.

T4T Sometimes people say, “Look at this! This is something new [RHQ]!”
⇔ But it has existed previously;
⇔ it existed before we were born.

LEB • of which it is said, “Look at this! This is new!” But it already existed in ages past before us.

BBE Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.

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JPS Is there a thing whereof it is said: 'See, this is new'? — it hath been already, in the ages which were before us.

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

DRA Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say: Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before us.

YLT There is a thing of which [one] saith: 'See this, it [is] new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!

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

RV Is there a thing whereof men say, See, this is new? it hath been already, in the ages which were before us.

Wbstr Is there any thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

KJB-1769 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
(Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath/has been already of old time, which was before us. )

KJB-1611 Is there any thing, whereof it may be sayd, See, this is new? it hath beene already of olde time, which was before vs.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Is there any thyng wherof it may be sayde, lo this is newe? for it was long ago in the tymes that haue ben before vs.
(Is there anything wherof it may be said, lo this is newe? for it was long ago in the times that have been before us.)

Gnva Is there any thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? it hath bene already in the olde time that was before vs.
(Is there anything, whereof one may say, Behold this, it is newe? it hath/has been already in the old time that was before us. )

Cvdl Is there eny thinge, wherof it maye be sayde: lo, this is new? For it was loge agoo in the tymes yt haue bene before vs.
(Is there anything, wherof it may be said: lo, this is new? For it was loge agoo in the times it have been before us.)

Wycl No thing vndir the sunne is newe, nether ony man may seie, Lo! this thing is newe; for now it yede bifore in worldis, that weren bifore vs.
(No thing undir the sun is newe, neither any man may say, Lo! this thing is newe; for now it went before in worldis, that were before us.)

Luth Geschieht auch etwas, davon man sagen möchte: Siehe, das ist neu? Denn es ist zuvor auch geschehen in vorigen Zeiten, die vor uns gewesen sind.
(Geschieht also etwas, davon man say möchte: See, the is neu? Because it is zuvor also geschehen in previous Zeiten, the before/in_front_of us/to_us/ourselves been sind.)

ClVg Nihil sub sole novum, nec valet quisquam dicere: Ecce hoc recens est: jam enim præcessit in sæculis quæ fuerunt ante nos.[fn]
(Nihil under sole novum, but_not valet quisquam dicere: Behold this recens it_is: yam because præcessit in sæculis which fuerunt before nos. )

1.10 Nec valet, etc. HIER. Estne verbum, etc., usque ad et prædestinatione Dei jam ea facta sunt quæ futura sunt. Jam enim præcessit. Sicut præterita quæ olim fuerunt apud nos, abscondit oblivio, sic quæ nunc fiunt, qui nascituri sunt, scire non poterunt; silentio enim peribunt, et quasi non fuerint, abscondentur. Vanitas enim vanitatum et omnia vanitas, quia omnia more fluentis aquæ transeunt, et non redibunt. Cui sententiæ totus mundus acclamat, et maxime genus humanum.

1.10 Nec valet, etc. HIER. Estne verbum, etc., until to and prædestinatione of_God yam ea facts are which futura are. Yam because præcessit. Sicut præterita which olim fuerunt apud we, abscondit oblivio, so which now fiunt, who nascituri are, scire not/no poterunt; silentio because peribunt, and as_if not/no fuerint, abscondentur. Vanitas because vanitatum and everything vanitas, because everything more fluentis awhich transeunt, and not/no redibunt. Cui sententiæ totus mundus acclamat, and maxime genus humanum.

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