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Ecclesiastes 1:6

Going toward the south, and turning round toward the north, the wind moveth round about continually; and around its circles doth the wind return again.

Leeser Tanakh

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 riseth, and the sun goeth down, and striving to reach his place he riseth again there.

7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is never full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither will they continue to go.

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Cross References

Job 37:17[Thou] who clothest thyself with warm garments, when He giveth the earth rest from the south wind?

Psalms 107:29He calmed the storm into a whisper, and stilled were the waves of the sea.

Jonah 1:4But the Lord excited a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea; and it was thought that the ship would be broken in pieces.

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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