'Already' in the Bible
Can one say about anything,“Look, this is new”?It has already existed in the ages before us.
Then I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly, for what will the man be like who comes after the king? He will do what has already been done.
Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. God repeats what has passed.
So I admired the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.
Their love, their hate, and their envy have already disappeared, and there is no longer a portion for them in all that is done under the sun.
Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.