Ecclesiastes 1:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The wynde goeth towarde the south and turneth vnto the north, fetcheth his compasse, whirleth about, and goeth foorth, and returneth agayne to his circuites from whence he dyd come.

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  • John 3:8 : 8 The wynde bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sounde therof: but canst not tell whence it commeth, and whither it goeth. So is euery one that is borne of the spirite.
  • Acts 27:13-15 : 13 And when the south wynde blewe softly, they supposyng to obtayne their purpose, loosed vnto Asson, and sayled past Candie. 14 But not long after, there arose against their purpose, a flawe of wynde out of the northeast. 15 And when the shippe was caught, and coulde not resist the wynde, we let her go, and were dryuen with the weather.
  • Job 37:9 : 9 Out of the south commeth the tempest, and colde out from the north winde.
  • Job 37:17 : 17 And how thy clothes are warme, when the lande is stil through the south winde?
  • Ps 107:25 : 25 For he commaundeth and causeth a stormie winde to arise: and he lifteth vp on high his waues.
  • Ps 107:29 : 29 For he maketh the storme to ceasse: so that the waues therof are still.
  • Eccl 11:5 : 5 Nowe like as thou knowest not the way of the spirite, nor howe the bones do growe in the wombe of her that is with chylde: Euen so thou knowest not the workes of God, which is the workmaster of all.
  • Jonah 1:4 : 4 But the Lorde sent out a great winde into the sea, and there was a mightie tempest in the sea, so that the shippe was in daunger of splitting in sunder.
  • Matt 7:24 : 24 Therfore, whosoeuer heareth of me these sayinges, and doeth the same, I wyll lyken hym vnto a wyse man, which buylt his house vpon a rocke:
  • Matt 7:27 : 27 And the rayne descended, and the fluddes came, and the wyndes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.

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    9Out of the south commeth the tempest, and colde out from the north winde.

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    16This is a miserable plague, that he shall go euen as he came away: What helpeth it him then that he hath laboured in the wynde?

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    6His settyng foorth is from the vtmost part of heauen, and his circuite vnto the vtmost part therof: and there is nothing hyd from his heat.

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    17And how thy clothes are warme, when the lande is stil through the south winde?

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    16For the winde passeth ouer it, and it is no more seene: and the place therof knoweth it no more.

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    24By what way is the light parted? and into what land breaketh the east winde?

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    3When the cloudes are full, they powre out raine vpon the earth. And when the tree falleth, whether it be towarde the south or north, in what place soeuer it fall, there it lieth.

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    16Assoone as he letteth his voyce be hearde, the waters in the ayre waxe fierce: he draweth vp the cloudes from the endes of the earth, he turneth the lightnynges to rayne, he bryngeth the wyndes out of their secrete places.

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    21A vehement east winde caryeth him hence, and he departeth: a storme hurleth him out of his place.

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