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. "
— Ecclesiastes 3:15, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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 hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away. ”
“That 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.”
“Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.”
“That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.”
“Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.”
“That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.”
And I realize that there is nothing better than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.
For this is a gift from God: when each man eats and drinks, and sees the good results of his labor.
I have learned that all the works which God has made continue on, in perpetuity. We are not able to add anything, nor to take anything away, from those things which God has made in order that he may be feared.
What has been made, the same continues. What is in the future, has already existed. And God restores what has passed away.
I saw under the sun: instead of judgment, impiety, and instead of justice, iniquity.
And I said in my heart: “God will judge the just and the impious, and then the time for each matter shall be.”
I said in my heart, about the sons of men, that God would test them, and reveal them to be like wild animals.