Ecclesiastes 3:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:9-9 : 9 That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.
  • Eccl 6:10 : 10 That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 1:8-11
    4 verses
    84%

    8All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.

    9That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.

    10Is there anything of which men say, See, this is new? It has been in the old time which was before us.

    11There is no memory of those who have gone before, and of those who come after there will be no memory for those who are still to come after them.

  • Eccl 3:14
    83%

    14I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.

  • Eccl 6:10-12
    3 verses
    79%

    10That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.

    11There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

    12Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 2:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

    12And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.

  • Eccl 3:9-12
    4 verses
    76%

    9What profit has the worker in the work which he does?

    10I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

    11He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.

    12I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

  • Eccl 3:16
    76%

    16And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

  • Eccl 1:13-15
    3 verses
    75%

    13And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

    14I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

    15That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

    3Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 3:22
    74%

    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

  • Eccl 3:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.

    2A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;

  • Eccl 4:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15I saw all the living under the sun round the young man who was to be ruler in place of the king.

    16There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Eccl 1:2-5
    4 verses
    73%

    2All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

    3What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

    4One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.

    5The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.

  • Eccl 9:1
    73%

    1All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

  • Eccl 8:14
    72%

    14There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 12:8
    72%

    8All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 3:18-20
    3 verses
    72%

    18I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.

    19Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.

    20All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.

  • Eccl 7:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

    14In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

    15These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

  • Eccl 8:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.

    10And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 9:3
    72%

    3This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.

  • Eccl 5:16
    71%

    16All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.

  • Eccl 8:17
    71%

    17Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

  • Job 20:4
    71%

    4Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,

  • Eccl 3:6
    71%

    6A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;

  • Eccl 2:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

    17So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Eccl 11:8
    70%

    8But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 9:13
    70%

    13This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

  • Ps 103:16
    70%

    16The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.