Ecclesiastes 1:6
Ecclesiastes chapter 1 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The 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.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 11:5
As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.
- Psalms 107:25
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof.
- John 3:8
The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
- Job 37:17
How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the southwind?
- Psalms 107:29
He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.
- Job 37:9
Out of the chamberof the south cometh the storm, And cold out of the north.