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万事都令人厌倦,

人说,说不尽;

眼看,看不饱;

耳听,听不足。

已有的事必再有,

作过的事必再作;

日光之下并无新事。

10 有甚么事人可以说:

“看啊!这是新的”?

其实,很久之前已经有了,

在我们之前早就有了。

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All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

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

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All things are wearisome,
    more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,(A)
    nor the ear its fill of hearing.
What has been will be again,
    what has been done will be done again;(B)
    there is nothing new under the sun.
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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