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Ecclesiastes 3:15

Ecclesiastes 3:15 is verse 15 of Ecclesiastes chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

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

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

Ecclesiastes 3:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.

14 I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.

15 What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

16 Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

17 I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Ecclesiastes 1:9
What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:10
Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.