Ecclesiastes 1:9-11

The Voice

⁹     What has been, that will be;
        what has been done, that will be done.
    Nothing is new under the sun;
        the future only repeats the past.
¹⁰     One person may say of some idea,
        “Pay attention to this; it’s original!”
    But that same idea has already been expressed;
        it’s been with us through the ages.
¹¹     We do not remember those people and events of long ago,
        as future generations will not remember what is yet to come.