Ecclesiastes 1:6
Going unto the south, and turning round unto the north, turning round, turning round, the wind is going, and by its circuits the wind hath returned.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
5Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.
Cross References
Job 37:17How thy garments [are] warm, In the quieting of the earth from the south?
Psalms 107:29He establisheth a whirlwind to a calm, And hushed are their billows.
Jonah 1:4And Jehovah hath cast a great wind on the sea, and there is a great tempest in the sea, and the ship hath reckoned to be broken;
Matthew 7:27and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.'
Acts 27:13and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained [their] purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed 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 →