Ecclesiastes 3:15

What has been made, the same continues. What is in the future, has already existed. And God restores what has passed away.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

14I 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.

16I saw under the sun: instead of judgment, impiety, and instead of justice, iniquity.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:10Whoever shall be in the future, his name has already been called. And it is known that he is a man and that he is not able to contend in judgment against one who is stronger than himself.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:12-16

Mutability of Human Affairs. 11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken… Read the whole commentary →

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