Ecclesiastes 1:10-13

¹⁰Is there any thing of which one may say, “Behold, this is new”? It was long ago, in the times which were before us.

¹¹There is no remembrance of former things, and of things that are to come there shall be no remembrance to those who live afterwards.

¹²I, the Preacher, was king over Israel at Jerusalem.

¹³And I gave my mind to seek and to search out with wisdom concerning all things which are done under heaven; an evil business, which God hath given to the sons of men, in which to employ themselves.