Ecclesiastes 3:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

What is that that hath bene? That is nowe: and that that shalbe, hath now bene: for God requireth that which is past.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:9-9 : 9 What is it that hath bene? That that shalbe: and what is it that hath bene done? That which shalbe done: and there is no newe thing vnder the sunne. 10 Is there any thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? It hath bene already in the olde time that was before vs.
  • Eccl 6:10 : 10 What is that that hath bene? the name thereof is nowe named: and it is knowen that it is man: and he cannot striue with him that is stronger then he.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 1:8-11
    4 verses
    84%

    8All things are full of labour: man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing.

    9What is it that hath bene? That that shalbe: and what is it that hath bene done? That which shalbe done: and there is no newe thing vnder the sunne.

    10Is there any thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? It hath bene already in the olde time that was before vs.

    11There is no memorie of the former, neither shall there be a remembrance of the latter that shalbe, with them that shall come after.

  • Eccl 3:14
    83%

    14I knowe that whatsoeuer God shall doe, it shalbe for euer: to it can no man adde, and from it can none diminish: for God hath done it, that they should feare before him.

  • Eccl 6:10-12
    3 verses
    79%

    10What is that that hath bene? the name thereof is nowe named: and it is knowen that it is man: and he cannot striue with him that is stronger then he.

    11(7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

    12(7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?

  • Eccl 2:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.

    12And I turned to beholde wisedome, and madnes and follie: (for who is the man that will come after the King in things, which men nowe haue done?)

  • Eccl 3:9-12
    4 verses
    76%

    9What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?

    10I haue seene the trauaile that God hath giuen to ye sonnes of men to humble them thereby.

    11He hath made euery thing beautifull in his time: also he hath set the worlde in their heart, yet can not man finde out the worke that God hath wrought fro the beginning euen to the end.

    12I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.

  • Eccl 3:16
    76%

    16And moreouer I haue seene vnder the sunne the place of iudgement, where was wickednesse, and the place of iustice where was iniquitie.

  • Eccl 1:13-15
    3 verses
    75%

    13And I haue giuen mine heart to search and finde out wisdome by all things that are done vnder the heauen: (this sore trauaile hath GOD giuen to the sonnes of men, to humble them thereby)

    14I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

    15That which is crooked, can none make straight: and that which faileth, cannot be nombred.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.

    3And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 3:22
    74%

    22Therefore I see that there is nothing better then that a man shoulde reioyce in his affaires, because that is his portion. For who shal bring him to see what shalbe after him?

  • Eccl 3:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1To all things there is an appointed time, and a time to euery purpose vnder the heauen.

    2A time to bee borne, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to plucke vp that which is planted.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15I behelde all the liuing, which walke vnder the sunne, with the second childe, which shall stand vp in his place.

    16There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 1:2-5
    4 verses
    73%

    2Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.

    3What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?

    4One generation passeth, and another generation succeedeth: but the earth remaineth for euer.

    5The sunne riseth, and ye sunne goeth downe, and draweth to his place, where he riseth.

  • Eccl 9:1
    73%

    1I haue surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth eyther loue or hatred of all that is before them.

  • Eccl 8:14
    72%

    14There is a vanitie, which is done vpon the earth, that there be righteous men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the wicked: and there be wicked men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the iust: I thought also that this is vanitie.

  • Eccl 12:8
    72%

    8Vanitie of vanities, saieth the Preacher, all is vanitie.

  • Eccl 3:18-20
    3 verses
    72%

    18I considered in mine heart the state of the children of men that God had purged them: yet to see to, they are in themselues as beastes.

    19For the condition of the children of men, and the condition of beasts are euen as one condition vnto them. As the one dyeth, so dyeth the other: for they haue all one breath, and there is no excellency of man aboue ye beast: for all is vanitie.

    20All goe to one place, & all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.

  • Eccl 7:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13(7:15) Beholde the worke of God: for who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?

    14(7:16) In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shoulde finde nothing after him.

    15(7:17) I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.

  • Eccl 8:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9All this haue I seene, and haue giuen mine heart to euery worke, which is wrought vnder the sunne, and I sawe a time that man ruleth ouer man to his owne hurt.

    10And likewise I sawe the wicked buried, and they returned, and they that came from the holy place, were yet forgotten in the citie where they had done right: this also is vanitie.

  • Eccl 9:3
    72%

    3This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne, that there is one condition to all, and also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnes is in their heartes whiles they liue, and after that, they goe to the dead.

  • Eccl 5:16
    71%

    16(5:15) And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?

  • Eccl 8:17
    71%

    17Then I behelde the whole worke of God, that man cannot finde out ye worke that is wrought vnder the sunne: for the which man laboureth to seeke it, and cannot finde it: yea, and though the wise man thinke to knowe it, he cannot finde it.

  • Job 20:4
    71%

    4Knowest thou not this of olde? and since God placed man vpon the earth,

  • Eccl 3:6
    71%

    6A time to seeke, and a time to lose: a time to keepe, and a time to cast away.

  • Eccl 2:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten; howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?

    17Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • Eccl 11:8
    70%

    8Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.

  • Eccl 9:13
    70%

    13I haue also seene this wisedome vnder the sunne, and it is great vnto me.

  • Ps 103:16
    70%

    16For the winde goeth ouer it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall knowe it no more.