Ecclesiastes 3:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ That which is already has been, that which is to be already is, and God seeks out what has gone by.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.

Ecclesiastes 3:15 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:12

So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly, for what can the king’s successor do? Only what has already been done.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what humans are and that they are not able to dispute with those who are stronger.