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10 neither any man may say, Lo! this thing is new; for now it went before in worlds, that were before us. (nor can anyone say, Lo! this is new; for it hath already come before, in the time that was before us.)

11 Mind of the former things is not, but soothly neither thinking of those things, that shall come afterward, shall be at them that shall come in the last time. (Remembering the former things is not done, and those things that come now, shall not be remembered by those who shall come after us.)

12 I Ecclesiastes was king of Israel in Jerusalem;

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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.
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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