Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The wind blows southward, then northward, constantly circulating, and the wind comes back again in its courses.
New American Standard Bible
Then turning toward the north,
The wind continues
And on its circular courses the wind returns.
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.
Holman Bible
turning to the north,
turning, turning, goes the wind,
and the wind returns in its cycles.
A Conservative Version
The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually in its course, and the wind returns again to its circuits.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
The wind blows toward the south,
Then circles toward the north;
The wind circles and swirls endlessly,
And on its circular course the wind returns.
Bible in Basic English
The wind goes to the south, turning back again to the north; circling round for ever.
Darby Translation
The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about towards the north: it turneth about continually, and the wind returneth again to its circuits.
Julia Smith Translation
Going to the south and turning round about to the north, it turned round about; the wind turned round about, going, and the wind turned back upon its circuits.
King James 2000
The wind goes toward the south, and turns about unto the north; it whirls about continually, and the wind returns again according to its circuit.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The wind goes to the south and goes around to the north; around and around it goes, and on its circuit the wind returns.
Modern King James verseion
The wind goes toward the south, and it turns around to the north; it whirls around continually; and the wind returns on its circuits.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The wind goeth toward the South and turneth unto the North, fetcheth his compass, whirleth about, and goeth forth and returneth again to his circuits from whence he did come.
NET Bible
The wind goes to the south and circles around to the north; round and round the wind goes and on its rounds it returns.
New Heart 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.
The Emphasized Bible
Going unto the south, and circling unto the north, - circling, circling continually, is, the wind, and, over its own circuits, returneth the wind.
Webster
The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about to the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to its 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.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Themes
Interlinear
Cabab
Tsaphown
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
All Toil Is Profitless And Repetitious
5 The sun rises, the sun sets, then rushes back to where it arose. 6 The wind blows southward, then northward, constantly circulating, and the wind comes back again in its courses. 7 All the rivers flow toward the sea, but the sea is never full; then rivers return to the headwaters where they began.
Cross References
John 3:8
The wind blows where it wants to. You hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going. That's the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
Job 37:9
"From the south, a whirlwind proceeds, out of the icy north winds.
Job 37:17
you whose garments are hot, even though the land is cooled by a south wind?
Psalm 107:25
He spoke and stirred up a windstorm that made its waves surge.
Psalm 107:29
He calmed the storm and its waves quieted down.
Ecclesiastes 11:5
Just as you do not understand the way of the spirit in the womb of a pregnant mother, so also you do not know what God is doing in everything he makes.
Jonah 1:4
Then the LORD sent a great wind over the sea, and a severe storm broke out. It seemed as if the ship were about to break up.
Matthew 7:24
"Therefore, everyone who listens to these messages of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on a rock.
Matthew 7:27
The rain fell, the floods came, the winds blew and battered that house, and it collapsed and its collapse was total."
Acts 27:13-15
When a gentle breeze began to blow from the south, they thought they could make it to Phoenix, so they hoisted anchor and began sailing along the shore of Crete.