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Is “There is nothing new under the sun” in the Bible?
Yes. “There is nothing new under the sun” is in the Bible, at Ecclesiastes 1:9. The Teacher of Ecclesiastes says it. Tradition names him as Solomon.
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Where it is, and what it means there.
From the Bible
Yes. It is in the Bible.
The verse is Ecclesiastes 1:9.
The Teacher of Ecclesiastes says it. Tradition names him as Solomon.
The verse
What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.
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What it means there
He is looking at life “under the sun,” life as it looks from the ground: generations come and go, and the same things happen again.
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Is “There is nothing new under the sun” in the Bible?
Yes. “There is nothing new under the sun” is in the Bible, at Ecclesiastes 1:9. These exact words are in the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible. The Teacher of Ecclesiastes says it. Tradition names him as Solomon.
Where in the Bible is “There is nothing new under the sun”?
In Ecclesiastes 1:9. In the Lumin Translation, Ecclesiastes 1:9 reads: “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.”
Who said “There is nothing new under the sun”?
The Teacher of Ecclesiastes says it. Tradition names him as Solomon.
What does “There is nothing new under the sun” mean in the Bible?
He is looking at life “under the sun,” life as it looks from the ground: generations come and go, and the same things happen again.
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