Ecclesiastes 1:6

הוֹלֵךְ אֶל ־ דָּרוֹם וְסוֹבֵב אֶל ־ צָפוֹן סוֹבֵב ׀ סֹבֵב הוֹלֵךְ הָרוּחַ וְעַל ־ סְבִיבֹתָיו שָׁב הָרֽוּחַ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

5וְזָרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וּבָא הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וְאֶל ־ מְקוֹמוֹ שׁוֹאֵף זוֹרֵחַֽ הוּא שָֽׁם ׃

7כָּל ־ הַנְּחָלִים הֹלְכִים אֶל ־ הַיָּם וְהַיָּם אֵינֶנּוּ מָלֵא אֶל ־ מְקוֹם שֶׁהַנְּחָלִים הֹֽלְכִים שָׁם הֵם שָׁבִים לָלָֽכֶת ׃

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Cross References

Job 37:17אֲשֶׁר ־ בְּגָדֶיךָ חַמִּים בְּהַשְׁקִט אֶרֶץ מִדָּרֽוֹם ׃

Psalms 107:29יָקֵם סְעָרָה לִדְמָמָה וַיֶּחֱשׁוּ גַּלֵּיהֶֽם ׃

Jonah 1:4וַֽיהוָה הֵטִיל רֽוּחַ ־ גְּדוֹלָה אֶל ־ הַיָּם וַיְהִי סַֽעַר ־ גָּדוֹל בַּיָּם וְהָאֳנִיָּה חִשְּׁבָה לְהִשָּׁבֵֽר ׃

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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