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 pastevery matter has already been in our midst.
11. There is not a memory for the former things,and moreover, there will not bea memory for the things coming after,even those things that are yet to come.
12. I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.