Ecclesiastes 3:15 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁵ 2 And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to know the things that shall be after him?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ That which is now already has been, and that which is to be already has been; and God seeks that which has passed by [so that history repeats itself].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Whatever happens has already happened, and whatever will happen has already happened before. And God looks after what is driven away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ What has been made, the same continues. What is in the future, has already existed. And God restores what has passed away.

Ecclesiastes 3:15 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:12

9 Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there any thing so vain?

Ecclesiastes 6:10

It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.