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Ecclesiastes 1:6

The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its circuit, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

In Context

5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth.

7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

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Cross References

Job 37:17Thou whose garments are warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind;

Psalms 107:29He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still.

Jonah 1:4But the LORD hurled a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:5-9

The Vanity of the World. 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. 6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. 7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. 8 All things are full of… Read the whole commentary →

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