Bible verse
What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
Ecclesiastes 3:15 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 3.
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
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.”
18 I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
19 For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
KJV
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
ASV
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.
ERV
That which is hath been already; and that which is to be hath already been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.
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