Ecclesiastes 1:6
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about to the north; round and round goeth the wind, and returneth to its circuits.
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In The King James Version
In Context
5The sun riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteneth to the place whence it arose.
Cross References
Job 37:17How thy garments become warm, When he maketh the earth still by the south wind?
Psalms 107:29He turneth the storm into a calm, And the waves are hushed;
Jonah 1:4But Jehovah sent forth a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken in pieces.
Matthew 7:27and the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell; and great was its fall.
Acts 27:13And when a south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor, and coasted along close by 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 →