Ecclesiastes 1:6

The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.

Majority Standard Bible

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 rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.

7All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.

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Cross References

Job 37:17You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,

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

Jonah 1:4Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.

Matthew 7:27The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”

Acts 27:13When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.

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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