Ecclesiastes 3:15

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

That which has been is now; and whatever things are appointed to be have already been; and God will seek out that which is past.

Darby Translation ☆

That which is was long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God bringeth back again that which is past.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

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

Noyes Bible ☆

That which is, was long ago; and that which is to be, hath already been; and God recalleth that which is past.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

That which hath been hath long since appeared [again]; and what is to be hath already been; and God seeketh [again] that which is sped away.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

That which is hath been long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God seeketh that which is pursued.

King James Version ☆

That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

That which hath been, is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

That which has been is now; and whatever things are appointed to be have already been; and God will seek out that which is past.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

That which has been is now; and whatever things are appointed to be have already been; and God will seek out that which is past.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

Webster Bible ☆

That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

Revised Version ☆

That which is hath been already; and that which is to be hath already been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

That which has been is now; And whatever things are appointed to be have already been; And God will seek out that which is past.

World English Bible ☆

That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago. God seeks again that which is passed away.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago. God seeks again that which is passed away.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago. God seeks again that which is passed away.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago. God seeks again that which is passed away.

World English Bible Classic ☆

That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago. God seeks again that which is passed away.

World English Bible Updated ☆

That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago. God seeks again that which is passed away.

World Messianic Bible ☆

That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago. God seeks again that which is passed away.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago. God seeks again that which is passed away.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

That which is hath been already; and that which is to be hath already been; and HaElohim will call that which is past to account.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

مَا كَانَ فَمِنَ ٱلْقِدَمِ هُوَ، وَمَا يَكُونُ فَمِنَ ٱلْقِدَمِ قَدْ كَانَ. وَٱللهُ يَطْلُبُ مَا قَدْ مَضَى.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ဖြစ်ဘူးသောအရာသည် ယခုဖြစ်သောအရာနှင့် တူ၏။ ဖြစ်လတံ့သောအရာသည်လည်း၊ ဖြစ်ဘူးသော အရာနှင့်တူ။ လွန်ပြီးသောအရာတို့ကိုလည်း ဘုရားသခင် တောင်းပြန်တော်မူ၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဖြစ် ဘူးသောအရာ သည် ယခု ဖြစ် သောအရာ နှင့် တူ၏။ ဖြစ်လတံ့သောအရာသည်လည်း၊ ဖြစ်ဘူးသော အရာနှင့်တူ။ လွန် ပြီးသောအရာတို့ကိုလည်း ဘုရား သခင်တောင်း ပြန်တော်မူ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Vaihi ih kaom hmuen loe kaom tangcae hmuen hoiah anghmong; kaom han koi hmuen doeh kaom tangcae hmuen baktiah ni oh; kalaem tangcae hmuennawk to Sithaw mah omsak let tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Aka om oepsoeh te khaw, aka om ham te khaw om oepsoeh coeng. Te dongah a hloem tangtae te Pathen loh a toem.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Aka om oepsoeh te khaw, aka om ham te khaw om oepsoeh coeng. Te dongah a hloem tangtae te Pathen loh a toem.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

现今的事早先就有了，将来的事早已也有了，并且 神使已过的事重新再来 。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

現今的事早先就有了，將來的事早已也有了，並且上帝使已過的事重新再來 。

World Chinese Bible ☆

现有的，早已存在；将有的，也早已存在。上帝又寻回那已经过去的。

Croatian Bible ☆

Što biva, već bijaše, i što će biti, već je bilo; a Bog obnavlja što je prohujalo.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

To, což bylo, i nyní jest, a což bude, již bylo; nebo Bůh obnovuje to, což pominulo.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Hvad der sker, var allerede, og hvad der skal ske, har allerede været; Gud leder det svundne op.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Hetgeen geweest is, dat is nu, en wat wezen zal, dat is alrede geweest; en God zoekt het weggedrevene;

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Wat thans bestaat, was er reeds lang; En wat er zijn zal, bestond al vroeger; Want God zoekt wat voorbij is, telkens weer op.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kio fariĝis, tio ekzistas de longe; kaj kio estas fariĝonta, tio antaŭ longe jam estis, kaj Dio revokas pasintaĵon.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Ce qui est a déjà été, et ce qui est à venir est déjà arrivé, et Dieu ramène ce qui est passé .

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Ce qui est, a déjà été, et ce qui doit être a déjà été, et Dieu ramène ce qui est passé.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Ce qui est a déjà été, et ce qui sera a déjà été, et Dieu ramène ce qui est passé.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Ce qui est a déjà été, et ce qui sera a déjà été. Dieu ramène ce qui est passé.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Was da ist, war längst, und was sein wird, ist längst gewesen; und Gott sucht das Vergangene wieder hervor.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Was geschieht, das ist zuvor geschehen, und was geschehen wird, ist auch zuvor geschehen; und Gott sucht wieder auf, was vergangen ist.

German Textbibel ☆

Was da ist, war längst, und was werden soll, ist längst gewesen; und Gott sucht Verdrängtes wieder auf.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Was ist geschehen? Was längst schon war! Und was geschehen soll, das ist längst gewesen; und Gott sucht das Vergangene wieder hervor.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

τὸ γενόμενον ἤδη ἐστί, καὶ ὅσα τοῦ γίνεσθαι, ἤδη γέγονε, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ζητήσει τὸν διωκόμενον.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Τὸ γενόμενον ἤδη ἐστί, καὶ ὅσα τοῦ γίνεσθαι ἤδη γέγονε, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ζητήσει τὸν διωκόμενον.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Sa ki rive koulye a te rive deja! Sa ki gen pou rive te rive deja tou! Bondye fè bagay ki te rive deja rive ankò!

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

O ka mea mamua, oia ka mea e noho nei, a o ka mea e hiki mai ana, oia na mea mamua aku; a imi mai ke Akua i ke ano o na mea i hala aku nei.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

מַה־שֶּֽׁהָיָה֙ כְּבָ֣ר ה֔וּא וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לִהְיֹ֖ות כְּבָ֣ר הָיָ֑ה וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ אֶת־נִרְדָּֽף׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

מה שהיה כבר הוא ואשר להיות כבר היה והאלהים יבקש את נרדף׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Ciò che è stato era già prima, e ciò che ha da essere già è stato ; e Iddio ricerca quello che è passato.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Ciò che è, è già stato prima, e ciò che sarà è già stato, e Dio riconduce ciò ch’è passato.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

今あるものは、すでに昔からあり、これからあるものも、すでに昔からあった。神は、過ぎ去ったものを呼び戻される。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

이제 있는 것이 옛적에 있었고 장래에 있을 것도 옛적에 있었나니 하나님은 이미 지난 것을 다시 찾으시느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Kutena ma su sikyak tari, sikyak pac in pacl inge. Kutena ma su ac fah sikyak in pacl fahsru, nuna sikyak tari meet. God El oru tuh ma inge in sikyak na sikyak.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Quod factum est, ipsum permanet; quæ futura sunt jam fuerunt, et Deus instaurat quod abiit.]

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

آنچه هست از قدیم بوده است و آنچه خواهدشد قدیم است و آنچه را که گذشته است خدامی طلبد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O que é, já foi há muito tempo, e o que há de ser, já foi há muito tempo. Deus busca de novo o que já passou.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

O que tem sido agora, já foi antes; e o que vier a ser também já foi; Deus busca de volta o que foi passado.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Ceea ce a fost este acum, și ceea ce va fi a fost deja; și Dumnezeu cere ceea ce a trecut.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Че есте а май фост ши че ва фи а май фост; ши Думнезеу адуче ярэшь ынапой че а трекут.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Что было, то и теперь есть, и что будет, то уже было, - и Бог воззовет прошедшее.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Šta je bilo to je sada, i šta će biti to je već bilo; jer Bog povraća šta je prošlo.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Шта је било то је сада, и шта ће бити то је већ било; јер Бог повраћа шта је прошло.

Mashi Bible ☆

Ehiri ene, arhali ene erhi hibà; okwayishibà, mîra kwabaga; Nyamuzinda asîma oyu bashimbulwîre.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Aquello que fué, ya es: y lo que ha de ser, fué ya; y Dios restaura lo que pasó.

Spanish BLL ☆

Lo que ahora existe, ya existió; y lo que ha de existir, ya existió también. Dios hace que el pasado se repita.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Aquello que fue, ya es; y lo que ha de ser, fue ya; y Dios restaura lo pasado.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Lo que ha sido antes, ya es, y lo que debe ser, es ahora; Porque Dios hace la búsqueda de las cosas que son pasadas.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Lo que es, ya fue. Lo que será, ya fue, Y ʼElohim restaura lo que pasó.

CC BY 4.0

Revised West Version ☆

Ko e meʻa naʻe ʻi ai, ʻoku ʻi ai ni; pea ko ia kuo tuʻutuʻuni ke hoko, kuo hili hono fai, pea ʻoku toe ʻomi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae meʻa kuo mole atu.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Що було, те є й тепер; що буде, те вже було, — і Бог викликає знов те, що минуло.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Що було, те є й тепер; що буде, те вже було, — і Бог викликає знов те, що минуло.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Điều chi hiện có, đã có ngày xưa; điều gì sẽ xảy đến, đã xảy đến từ lâu rồi: Đức Chúa Trời lại tìm kiếm việc gì đã qua.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

מַה־שֶּֽׁהָיָה֙ כְּבָ֣ר ה֔וּא וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לִהְי֖וֹת כְּבָ֣ר הָיָ֑ה וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ אֶת־נִרְדָּֽף׃