Ecclesiastes 1:10 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEcclesiastes 1:10 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
יֵ֥שׁ
yêsh
H3426
there is
דָּבָ֛ר
dâbâr
H1697
word
שֶׁיֹּאמַ֥ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
רְאֵה
râʼâh
H7200
to see
זֶ֖ה
zeh
H2088
this
חָדָ֣שׁ
châdâsh
H2319
new
ה֑וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
כְּבָר֙
kᵉbâr
H3528
already
הָיָ֣ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
לְעֹֽלָמִ֔ים
ʻôwlâm
H5769
forever
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הָיָ֖ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
מִלְּפָנֵֽנוּ
pânîym
H6440
face
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Is there a thing of which it may be said, "Behold, this is new?" It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
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King James Version Public Domain
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
there a thing about which one says, “See this, it new?” It already existed in ages that were from before our faces.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).