Ecclesiastes 3:15

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Clementine Vulgate 1598

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

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.

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 .

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

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

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.

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.

Romanian BTF Bible

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

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.

Burmese Common Language Bible

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

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.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

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

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.

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.

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.

Danish Bible 1931

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

French Ostervald Bible

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

Esperanto Bible

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

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.

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.

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

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

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.

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.

Croatian Bible

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

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

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

German Textbibel

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

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.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

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