'Already' in the Bible
There is a thing of which one saith: 'See this, it is new!' already it hath been in the ages that were before us!
And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what is the man who cometh after the king? that which is already -- they have done it!
That there is no remembrance to the wise -- with the fool -- to the age, for that which is already, in the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!
What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which is to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.
And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.
What is that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it is man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he.
Their love also, their hatred also, their envy also, hath already perished, and they have no more a portion to the age in all that hath been done under the sun.
Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.