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.
10 Is there a thing of which it is said,
“See, this is new”?
It has been already
in the ages before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things, [1]
nor will there be any remembrance
of later things [2] yet to be
among those who come after.
Footnotes
[1] 1:11 Or former people
[2] 1:11 Or later people
and what has been done is what will be done,
and there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there a thing of which it is said,
“See, this is new”?
It has been already
in the ages before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things, [1]
nor will there be any remembrance
of later things [2] yet to be
among those who come after.
Footnotes
[1] 1:11 Or former people
[2] 1:11 Or later people
- How important is newness to you?
- What is the most common reason you want to replace something with its newer counterpart?
- How often do you want the newest version of whatever interests you?
- How does newness influence satisfaction?
- How important is novelty to you?
- How often do you seek out things you have not seen, tasted, felt or otherwise experienced?
- Why might being overly interested in novelty be risky spiritually?
- How many of today's cultural fads are truly new?
- How many of today's spiritual fads are truly new?
- What problems arise from focusing on newness?
- How often do people look at what happened to other fads before committing to the new one?
- How well do you learn from your past experiences?
- How well do you learn from the past experiences of others?
- How many new discoveries are more than just uncovering what God put there in the beginning?
- How many inventions are more than replicating something God put here in the beginning?
- When is man's God-given creativity a problem?
- Why does man want to move from copying or understanding God's work to being Creator?
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