Ecclesiastes 1:6
The wind blows south, and then it turns around to start blowing towards the north. It goes around and around in circles.
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In The King James Version
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Cross References
Job 37:17No, you just sweat there in your clothes; it is very oppressive when the hot wind stops blowing from the south and all the leaves on the trees ◄become still/do not move►.
Psalms 107:29He ◄calmed the storm/caused the wind to stop blowing►, and he caused the waves to completely subside.
Jonah 1:4Then Yahweh caused a very strong wind to blow, and there was such a violent storm that the sailors thought the ship would break apart.
Matthew 7:27When the rain fell and the rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it crashed down and broke completely apart, because it was built on the sand. So it is important for you to obey what I teach you.”
Acts 27:13Then a gentle wind began to blow from the south, and the crew members thought that they could travel as they had decided to do. So they lifted the anchor up out of the sea, and the ship sailed westward along the southern shore of Crete Island.
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 →