Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Rather, "no new thing at all"; as in Numbers 11:6. This is not meant in a general sense; but there is no new source of happiness (the subject in question) which can be devised; the same round of petty pleasures, cares, business, study, wars, etc., being repeated over and over again [HOLDEN].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 1:9:
Ecclesiastes 1:7
Ecclesiastes 1:8
Ecclesiastes 2:12
Ecclesiastes 3:15
Ecclesiastes 6:10
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