Ecclesiastes 1:6
4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
5 The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
7 All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
8 All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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
- 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.
- DARBY
- The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about towards the north: it turneth about continually, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
- BLB
- Going toward the south, and turning about to the north—turning about, turning about—the wind is going about, and on its round the wind is returning.
- ÅB
- Vinden går mot syd og vender seg mot nord; den vender og vender seg om under sin gang og begynner så kretsløpet sitt igjen.
- OTB
- Vinden blåser mot sør og snur mot nord; rundt og rundt går den, og vender tilbake på sin bane.
- B1930
- Vinden går mot syd og vender sig mot nord; den vender og vender sig om under sin gang og begynner så atter sitt kretsløp.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 3:8
The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
Read in contextEcclesiastes 11:5
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
Read in contextJob 37:9
The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
Read in contextPsalms 107:29
He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
Read in contextJob 37:17
You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
Read in contextPsalms 107:25
For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
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