Ecclesiastes 3:15 - Easy To Read Version Things that happened in the past have happened, \{and we can’t change them\}. And things that will happen in the future will happen, \{and we can’t change them\}. But God wants to help people that have been treated badly. {\cf2\super [17]} Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past. |
No person can do more than a king can do. Some king has already done anything you might want to do. {\cf2\super [9]} \{And I learned that even the things a king does are a waste of time.\} So I again began to think about being wise, being foolish, and doing crazy things.