Ecclesiastes:1:9-12
rsv@Ecclesiastes:1:9 @ What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.
rsv@Ecclesiastes:1:10 @ Is there a thing of which it is said, "See, this is new"? It has been already, in the ages before us.
rsv@Ecclesiastes:1:11 @ There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to happen among those who come after.
rsv@Ecclesiastes:1:12 @ I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.