15 Whatever is has already been,(A)
    and what will be has been before;(B)
    and God will call the past to account.[a]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:15 Or God calls back the past

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

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15 Whatever is has been long ago; and whatever is going to be has been before; God brings to pass again what was in the distant past and disappeared.[a]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:15 God brings to pass again what was in the distant past and disappeared, literally, “God seeks what has been driven away.”

15 What is that that hath been? that is now: and that that shall be, hath now been: for God [a]requireth that which is past.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:15 God only causeth that, which is past, to return.