11. The reason why some things are thought "new," which are not
really so, is the imperfect record that exists of preceding ages among
their successors.
those that . . . come after--that is, those that live still later than the "things, rather the persons or generations,
Ec 1:4,
with which this verse is connected, the six intermediate verses being
merely illustrations of
Ec 1:4
[WEISS], that are to come"
(Ec 2:16; 9:5).
JFB.
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