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Ecclesiastes 3:15 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Ecclesiastes 3:15 -

Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. However, God seeks justice for the persecuted.[fn]

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Translations for Ecclesiastes 3:15

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

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

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

That which is has already been,
And what is to be has already been;
And God requires an account of what is past.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

What is happening now has happened before, and what will happen in the future has happened before, because God makes the same things happen over and over again.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.[fn]

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.[fn]

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. However, God seeks justice for the persecuted.[fn]

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

That which is, is what has already been, and that which will be has already been; and God [fn]seeks what has passed by.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, yet God seeks what is pursued.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

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].

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

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.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

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.

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

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

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

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

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

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

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

quod factum est ipsum permanet quae futura sunt iam fuerunt et Deus instaurat quod abiit

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

فَمَا كَانَ قَبْلاً هُوَ كَائِنٌ الآنَ، وَمَا سَيَكُونُ هُوَ كَائِنٌ مِنْ قَبْلُ. وَاللهُ يُطَالِبُ بِمَا قَدْ مَضَى.

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

מַה־שֶּׁהָיָה כְּבָר הוּא וַאֲשֶׁר לִהְיֹות כְּבָר הָיָה וְהָאֱלֹהִים יְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־נִרְדָּף׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

τὸ γενόμενον ἤδη ἐστίν καὶ ὅσα τοῦ γίνεσθαι ἤδη γέγονεν καὶ ὁ θεὸς ζητήσει τὸν διωκόμενον

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

مَا كَانَ فَمِنَ الْقِدَمِ هُوَ، وَمَا يَكُونُ فَمِنَ الْقِدَمِ قَدْ كَانَ. وَاللهُ يَطْلُبُ مَا قَدْ مَضَى.

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

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.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

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

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

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

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

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

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

現今的事早先就有了．將來的事早已也有了．並且　神使已過的事重新再來．〔或作並且　神再尋回已過的事〕

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Aquello que fue ya es, y lo que ha de ser ya fue. Dios recupera lo que ya pasó.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

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

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

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

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

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

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

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

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Aquello que fue, ya es: y lo que será, fue ya; y Dios buscará lo que pasó.

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CSB Footnotes

(3:15)

Lit God seeks what is pursued

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