10 Is there anything of which one might say,
“See this, it is new”?
It has already existed for ages
Which were before us.

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10 Is there anything of which one can say,
    “Look! This is something new”?
It was here already, long ago;
    it was here before our time.

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Wisdom Surpasses Foolishness

12 So I turned to (A)consider wisdom, insanity, and foolishness; for what will the man do who will come after the king, except (B)what has already been done?

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Wisdom and Folly Are Meaningless

12 Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom,
    and also madness and folly.(A)
What more can the king’s successor do
    than what has already been done?(B)

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15 (A)That which is, is what has already been, and that which will be has already been; and God [a]seeks what has passed by.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 3:15 Or finds

15 Whatever is has already been,(A)
    and what will be has been before;(B)
    and God will call the past to account.[a]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:15 Or God calls back the past

10 Whatever (A)exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he (B)cannot dispute with the [a]one who is mightier than he is.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 6:10 Or Him who

10 Whatever exists has already been named,(A)
    and what humanity is has been known;
no one can contend
    with someone who is stronger.

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