9. Whatever has happened before will happen ⌊again⌋. Whatever has been done before will be done ⌊again⌋. There is nothing new under the sun.
10. Can you say that anything is new? It has already been here long before us.
11. Nothing from the past is remembered. Even in the future, nothing will be remembered by those who come after us.
12. I, the spokesman, have been king of Israel in Jerusalem.
13. With all my heart I used wisdom to study and explore everything done under heaven.Mortals are weighed down with a terrible burden that God has placed on them.
14. I have seen everything that is done under the sun. Look at it! It’s all pointless. ⌊It’s like⌋ trying to catch the wind.
15. No one can straighten what is bent.No one can count what is not there.