From the Bible Ecclesiastes 1:9?

Original text: What has been, will be done again; what has been done, will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun.

Article excerpt:

Ecclesiastes 1:2 ?The preacher said: Vanity of vanities, vanity of vanities, all things are vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:4 ?One generation passes away and another comes, but the earth endures forever.

Ecclesiastes 1:5 ?The sun rises and sets, and returns to the place from which it came.

Ecclesiastes 1:6 ?The wind blew to the south, then turned to the north, spinning again and again and returning to its original course.

Ecclesiastes 1:7 ?The rivers all flow into the sea, but the sea is not full; and where the rivers flowed, they return there.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 ?No one can say enough about the weariness of all things. The eyes cannot see enough; the ears cannot hear enough.

Ecclesiastes 1:9 ?What has been will be done again; what has been done will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:10 ? Is there anything that anyone can point to and say, "This is new?" However, it has already existed in the generations before us.

Ecclesiastes 1:11 ?The past generations will not be remembered, nor will the generations to come be remembered.

Extended information:

The theme of Ecclesiastes laments the emptiness of life.

Man’s labor under the sun is all in vain. Only by trusting God can life be truly satisfied. Solomon was a man of great wisdom and talent, but he abused divine grace and caused the country to fall. In his later years, he saw through everything, repented of his past mistakes, combined his personal subjective experience with objective observation, dialectically argued his opinions, and persuaded the world to accept them so as to avoid making the same mistakes again.

He told the world that whether it is the pursuit of knowledge or happiness, it is vanity and chasing the wind. All human pursuits of wealth, fame, longevity, power, and status turn out to be vain, meaningless, and unsatisfactory. Only in God can we find the meaning and direction of life. Therefore while you are young, remember your Creator.

The key word in Ecclesiastes is "emptiness" - any attempt to find the meaning of life outside of God is futile and emptiness. If you look "under the sun", you will know that man's lifelong pursuit will eventually fail (8:17). Except for God Himself, nothing can fill the empty space God has set in human life.

Augustine’s famous saying: Man cannot be satisfied, and only in God can he find rest. But with God, life becomes complete and meaningful, bursting with hope from God. The preacher ends the book with a positive thought: fear God and keep His commandments, this is the duty that people should do.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia – Bible