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.


In Context

12 I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,

13 yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it is a gift of God.

14 I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him.

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

16 And again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment — there is the wicked; and the place of righteousness — there is the wicked.

17 I said in my heart, 'The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time is to every matter and for every work there.'

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:15Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.

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 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.