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Ecclesiastes 1:6
Ecclesiastes 1:6 is verse 6 of Ecclesiastes chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
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.
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.
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Ecclesiastes 1:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
6 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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 37:9The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
Job 37:17You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
Psalms 107:25For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
Psalms 107:29He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
Jonah 1:4Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.
Matthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Matthew 7:27The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”
John 3:8The 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.”
Acts 27:13When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.
Acts 27:14But it was not long before a cyclone called the Northeaster swept down across the island.
Acts 27:15Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.