Ecclesiastes 1:9 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEcclesiastes 1:9 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 →
מַה
mâh
H4100
what
שֶּֽׁהָיָה֙
hâyâh
H1961
to be
ה֣וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
שֶׁיִּהְיֶ֔ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
וּמַה
mâh
H4100
what
שֶׁנַּֽעֲשָׂ֔ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
ה֖וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
שֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂ֑ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
וְאֵ֥ין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
חָדָ֖שׁ
châdâsh
H2319
new
תַּ֥חַת
tachath
H8478
under
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
shemesh
H8121
sun
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
That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
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King James Version Public Domain
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Whatever that which was, it that which will be, and whatever that which has been done, it that which will be done. And there is not anything new under the sun.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).