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10 Is there a single thing about which one can say, “Look, this is new”? It was already here ages ago, long before us. 11 No one remembers the people who[a] came before us, and as for those who are coming—after they are gone, no one will remember them either.

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12 I, Ecclesiastes, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:11 Or the events that

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.
11 No one remembers the former generations,(A)
    and even those yet to come
will not be remembered
    by those who follow them.(B)

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12 I, the Teacher,(C) was king over Israel in Jerusalem.(D)

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