{"id":9362,"date":"2026-03-12T14:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=9362"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:25:05","slug":"ecclesiastes-19-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=9362","title":{"rendered":"Ecclesiastes 1:9-11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span id=\"en-NIV-17325\" class=\"text Eccl-1-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9&nbsp;<\/sup>What has been will be again, <\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Eccl-1-9\">what has been done will be done again; <\/span><\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Eccl-1-9\">there is nothing new under the sun.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span id=\"en-NIV-17326\" class=\"text Eccl-1-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10&nbsp;<\/sup>Is there anything of which one can say, <\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Eccl-1-10\">\u201cLook! This is something new\u201d? <\/span><\/span><span class=\"text Eccl-1-10\">It was here already, long ago; <\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Eccl-1-10\">it was here before our time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span id=\"en-NIV-17327\" class=\"text Eccl-1-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11&nbsp;<\/sup>No one remembers the former generations, <\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Eccl-1-11\">and even those yet to come <\/span><\/span><span class=\"text Eccl-1-11\">will not be remembered <\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Eccl-1-11\">by those who follow them.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">under the sun (v.9) \u2014 life with a time-bound, man-centered point of view.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">What seems to man to be new is only so because of man&#8217;s limited knowledge. &#8230; Man may hope to establish such a reputation for greatness that he will never be forgotten. &#8230; Men of former generations forgot all too quickly that which preceded them; and coming generations will repeat their error. &#8230; If you consider purely earthly values, what are you profited? What do you achieve? What is left to you as your portion? &#8230; KJV Commentary, page 737.<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">__________<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">There is in reality &#8220;nothing new&#8221; (v.10); that is, nothing occurs, or can occur, which can transport [a person] into a new world, or give him new joys or emotions. Modern inventions are only &#8220;new&#8221; in a comparative and not in an absolute sense; and verse 11 declares that the records of the antediluvian world are as totally destroyed as shall be the records of this present world. The former were destroyed by water; the latter shall be destroyed by fire. \u2014 Williams, pages 439-440<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The philosopher George Santayana said, &#8220;Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.&#8221; Solomon said that nobody remembers the past and everyone is condemned to repeat it.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9&nbsp;What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. 10&nbsp;Is there anything of which one can say, \u201cLook! This is something new\u201d? 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