Ecclesiastes 1:9 Explained in Context

Verse 3. ³ What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

Verse 4. ⁴ One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

Verse 5. ⁵ The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

Verse 6. ⁶ The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

Verse 7. ⁷ All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

Verse 8. ⁸ All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Verse 9. ⁹ 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.

Verse 10. ¹⁰ Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

Verse 11. ¹¹ There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.