Ecclesiastes 1:9-11

Modern English Version

⁹ What has been is the same as what will be,
    and what has been done is the same as what will be done;
    there is nothing new under the sun.
¹⁰ Is there a matter where it is said,
    “See, this is truly new”?
Long ago in the past
    every matter has already been in our midst.
¹¹ There is not a memory for the former things,
    and moreover, there will not be
a memory for the things coming after,
    even those things that are yet to come.