Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Eccl 3:15

“That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.”

“Resumption of Ecc 1:9. Whatever changes there be, the succession of events is ordered by God's "everlasting" laws (Ecc 3:14), and returns in a fixed cycle. requireth that . . . past--After many changes, God's law requires the return of the same cycle of events, as in the past, literally, "that which is driven on." The Septuagint and Syriac translate: "God requireth (that is, avengeth) the persecuted man"; a transition to Ecc 3:16-17. The parallel clauses of the verse support English Version.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.