Subject: "the ages before us" How many were there |
Bible Note: Hi, Mr. Jay... Relative to Ecclesiastes 1:10-11, the word "ages" here is associated with the thought that there is "nothing new under the sun" (v9b). Ages in this context is pretty much what we mean in English when we say "ages and ages ago." In other words, time immemorial. Consequently, there is nothing in this passage in the sense of particular epochs of time. In Him, Doc |