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New International Version
Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.

New Living Translation
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.

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

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

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

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

New American Standard Bible
Thatwhich is, is what has already been, and that which will be has already been; and God seeks what has passed by.

NASB 1995
That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.

NASB 1977
That which is has been already, and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.

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

Amplified 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].

Christian Standard Bible
Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. However, God seeks justice for the persecuted.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. God repeats what has passed.

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
Everything that happens has happened before, and all that will be has already been--God does everything over and over again.

English 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Whatever has happened [in the past] is present now. Whatever is going to happen [in the future] has already happened [in the past]. God will call the past to account.

Good News Translation
Whatever happens or can happen has already happened before. God makes the same thing happen again and again.

International Standard Version
That which was, now is; and that which will be, already is; and God examines what has already taken place.

NET Bible
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.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth 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.

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.Literal Standard Version
What is that which has been? Already it is, and that which [is] to be has already been, and God requires that which is pursued.

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.

Smith's Literal Translation
What was, it is already; and what to be, was already; and God will seek him being driven away.Douay-Rheims Bible
That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.

Catholic Public Domain Version
What has been made, the same continues. What is in the future, has already existed. And God restores what has passed away.

New American Bible
What now is has already been; what is to be, already is: God retrieves what has gone by.

New Revised Standard Version
That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already is; and God seeks out what has gone by.Lamsa Bible
That which is now, already has been; and that which is to be, has already been; and God will avenge him who has been persecuted.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Whatever has already been, is, and all whatever shall be, has been for a long time, and God will seek the persecuted who is driven awayJPS 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.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
That which has been is now; and whatever thingsare appointed to be have already been; and God will seek out that which is past.

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Cross References

Isaiah 46:9-10
Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. / I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Malachi 3:6
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

Psalm 90:2
Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

Isaiah 41:4
Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”

Revelation 22:13
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

Psalm 102:25-27
In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. / They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on. / But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.

2 Peter 3:8
Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

Isaiah 43:18-19
“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old. / Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Romans 8:28
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Acts 17:26-28
From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands. / God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. / ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

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