Ecclesiastes 1:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Ecclesiastes 1:6 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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 · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 1:6 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Ecclesiastes 11:5As 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.
- 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).