'Itself' in the Bible

That which is has already been, and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by [so that history repeats itself].

and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street; the almond blossoms grow white, and the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry shrivels up -- because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets --