15Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.


In Context

12 I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.

13 That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil-this is the gift of God.

14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.

15 Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.

16 And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment- wickedness was there, in the place of justice-wickedness was there.

17 I thought in my heart, "God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed."

Ecclesiastes 3:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:15That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:15That 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15That which is was long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God bringeth back again that which is past.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:15That which is hath been already; and that which is to be hath already been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago: and God seeks again that which is passed away.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which is to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:15That which has been is now; and that which is to be has already been; and God requires that which is past.