Ecclesiastes 1:6
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.
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.
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Compare
- 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 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.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 11:5
As 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.
Read in contextJob 37:9
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
Read in contextPsalms 107:29
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Read in contextJob 37:17
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
Read in contextPsalms 107:25
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
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