9 That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:9

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:9-11

(Read Ecclesiastes 1:9-11)

Men's hearts and their corruptions are the same now as in former times; their desires, and pursuits, and complaints, still the same. This should take us from expecting happiness in the creature, and quicken us to seek eternal blessings. How many things and persons in Solomon's day were thought very great, yet there is no remembrance of them now!