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."
— Ecclesiastes 1:6, NET Bible
“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 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. ”
“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.”
“Maketh his round by the south, and turneth again to the north: the spirit goeth forward surveying all places round about, and returneth to his circuits.”
“The wind goes to the south, turning back again to the north; circling round for ever.”
“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.”
Futility Illustrated from Nature What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?
A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.
The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again.
The wind goes to the south and circles around to the north; round and round the wind goes and on its rounds it returns.
All the streams flow into the sea, but the sea is not full, and to the place where the streams flow, there they will flow again.
All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.
What exists now is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth.