there is nothing new under the sun

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Calque of Latin nihil sub sōle novum, itself a calque from the Hebrew אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ (en kol chadásh táchat hashámesh, “there is nothing new under the sun”) found in Ecclesiastes 1:9.

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فليس تحت الشمس جديد — there is nothing new
• Armenian: արեւի տակ ոչ մի նոր բան չկա (arewi tak očʻ mi nor ban čʻka) — there is nothing new
• Basque: ezer berririk eguzkiaren azpian — there is nothing new
• Bulgarian: нищо ново под слънцето (ništo novo pod slǎnceto) — there is nothing new
• Catalan: no hi ha res de nou sota el sol — there is nothing new
• Chinese Cantonese: 日光之下並無新事 /日光之下并无新事 (jat6 gwong1 zi1 haa6 bing6 mou4 san1 si6) — there is nothing new
• Chinese Mandarin: 日光之下並無新事 /日光之下并无新事 (rìguāng zhī xià bìng wú xīn shì) — there is nothing new
• Czech: nic nového pod sluncem — there is nothing new
• Danish: intet nyt under solen — there is nothing new
• Dutch: niets nieuws onder de zon — there is nothing new
• Esperanto: nenio nova sub la suno — there is nothing new
• Finnish: ei mitään uutta auringon alla — there is nothing new
• Finnish: ei uutta auringon alla — there is nothing new
• French: rien de nouveau sous le soleil — there is nothing new
• Galician: nada novo baixo o sol — there is nothing new
• Georgian: არაფერია მზის ქვეშ ახალი (araperia mzis kveš axali) — there is nothing new
• German: nichts Neues unter der Sonne — there is nothing new
• Greek: ουδέν καινόν υπό τον ήλιον (oudén kainón ypó ton ílion) — there is nothing new
• Ancient Greek: οὐκ ἔστι πᾶν πρόσφατον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον (ouk ésti pân prósphaton hupò tòn hḗlion) — there is nothing new
• Hebrew: אין כל חדש תחת השמש — there is nothing new
• Hebrew: אין חדש תחת השמש — there is nothing new
• Hungarian: nincs új a nap alatt — there is nothing new
• Italian: niente di nuovo sotto il sole — there is nothing new
• Japanese: 日の下に新しきものなし (hi no shita ni atarashiki mono nashi) — there is nothing new
• Korean: 하늘 아래 새로운 것은 없다 (haneul arae saeroun geoseun eopda) — there is nothing new
• Korean: 세상에 새로운 것이라고는 없다 (sesang'e saeroun geosiragoneun eopda) — there is nothing new
• Latin: nihil sub sole novum — there is nothing new
• Latin: nihil sub sole novi — there is nothing new
• Latvian: tas nav nekas jauns — there is nothing new
• Lithuanian: nieko naujo po saule — there is nothing new
• Norwegian Bokmål: intet nytt under solen — there is nothing new
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ingenting nytt under sola — there is nothing new
• Persian: هیچ چیز جدیدی در زیر خورشید نیست — there is nothing new
• Polish: nic nowego pod słońcem — there is nothing new
• Portuguese: nada de novo sob o sol — there is nothing new
• Portuguese: nada de novo debaixo do sol — there is nothing new
• Romanian: nimic nou sub soare — there is nothing new
• Russian: ничто не ново под луной (ništo ne novo pod lunoj) — there is nothing new
• Serbo-Croatian: nema ništa novo pod suncem — there is nothing new
• Serbo-Croatian: нема ништа ново под сунцем — there is nothing new
• Slovak: nič nové pod slnkom — there is nothing new
• Slovene: nič novega pod soncem — there is nothing new
• Spanish: nada nuevo bajo el sol — there is nothing new
• Swedish: inget nytt under solen — there is nothing new
• Turkish: güneşin altında yeni bir şey yok — there is nothing new
• Ukrainian: нічого нового під сонцем (ničoho novoho pid soncem) — there is nothing new
• Welsh: dim byd newydd dan yr haul — there is nothing new