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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Gill's Exposition
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be,.... The thing that has been seen and heard is no other than what shall be seen and heard again; so that what is now seen and heard is only what has…
Barnes' Notes
Hath been ... is done - i. e., Hath happened in the course of nature ... is done by man.
Two things we are apt to take a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction in, and value ourselves upon, with reference to our business and enjoyments in the world, as if they helped to save them from…
Cambridge Bible
The thing that hath been What has been affirmed of natural phenomena is now repeated of the events of human life. The writer reproduces or anticipates the Stoic doctrine of a recurring cycle of events…
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