10 Is there anything of which one might say,
“See this, it is new”?
Already it has existed for ages
Which were before us.
11 There is (A)no remembrance of [a]earlier things;
And also of the [b]later things which will occur,
There will be for them no remembrance
Among those who will come [c]later still.

The Futility of Wisdom

12 I, the (B)Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:11 Lit first or former
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:11 Lit latter or after
  3. Ecclesiastes 1:11 Lit latter or after