Ecclesiastes 1:6
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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.The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
In other translations
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.The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
Hebrew words
הוֹלֵךְholekh[it is] goingH1980אֶל־'el-toH413דָּרוֹםdarom[the] southH1864וְסוֹבֵבvesovevand [it is] circlingH5437אֶל־'el-toH413צָפוֹןtzafon[the] northH6828סוֹבֵב׀sovevcircling aroundH5437סֹבֵבsovevcircling aroundH5437הוֹלֵךְholekh[is] goingH1980הָרוּחַharuachthe windH7307וְעַל־ve'al-and onH5921סְבִיבֹתָיוsevivotavcircuits itsH5439שָׁבshav[is] returningH7725הָרוּחַ׃haruachthe windH7307
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- John 3:8The 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.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.”
- Ecclesiastes 11:5As 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.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.
- Job 37:17How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
- Psalm 107:25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
- Job 37:9Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
- Psalm 107:29He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.
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