KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ecclesiastes 1:6
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
WEB World English Bible
The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.
ASV American Standard Version
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — Ecclesiastes 1
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
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 labour; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הוֹלֵךְ֙H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)דָּר֔וֹםH1864 · da.romsouthוְסוֹבֵ֖בH5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)צָפ֑וֹןH6828 · tsa.phonnorthסוֹבֵ֤ב׀H5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnסֹבֵב֙H5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnהוֹלֵ֣ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentהָר֔וּחַH7307 · ru.achspiritוְעַל־H5921 · aluponסְבִיבֹתָ֖יוH5439 · sa.vivaroundשָׁ֥בH7725 · shuvto return: returnהָרֽוּחַ׃H7307 · ru.achspirit
Cross-references
John 3:8The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.Ecclesiastes 11:5As thou knowest not what [is] the way of the spirit, [nor] how the bones [do grow] in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.Job 37:17How thy garments [are] warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south [wind]?Job 37:9Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.Psalm 107:29He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.Psalm 107:25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.Matthew 7:24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:Acts 27:13-15And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained [their] purpose, loosing [thence], they sailed close by Crete.Matthew 7:27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.Jonah 1:4But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
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