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Ecclesiastes 1:6

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The wind blows south, the wind blows north.

Around and around and around it blows,

blowing this way, then that—the whirling, erratic wind.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

The wind blows to the south

and goes around to the north;

around and around goes the wind,

and on its circuits the wind returns.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The wind blows to the south

and turns to the north;

round and round it goes,

ever returning on its course.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Gusting to the south,

turning to the north,

turning, turning, goes the wind,

and the wind returns in its cycles.

NLTNew Living Translation

The wind blows south, and then turns north. Around and around it goes, blowing in circles.

LEBThe Lexham English 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.

KJV 1900King 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.