¹⁵What 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.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whatever is has already been,

and what will be has been before;

and God will call the past to account.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

What is—it already was,

and what will be—it already is,

for God will do what he has done.

KJV 1900King James Version

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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