King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 3:15
“That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 3
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work.
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