What Does Ecclesiastes 3:15 Mean?

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“That which hath been is now”

properly, extent of time, i.e., a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“That which hath been is now”

properly, extent of time, i.e., a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“been and God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“requireth”

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“that which is past”

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)