You whose clothes get hot when the south wind brings calm to the land,
Ecclesiastes 1:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Gusting to the south, turning to the north, turning, turning, goes the wind, and the wind returns in its cycles. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The wind goes to the south and circles about to the north; it circles and circles about continually, and on its circuit the wind returns again. [John 3:8.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible The wind blows to the south, goes around to the north; around and around blows the wind; the wind returns to its rounds again. Catholic Public Domain Version it circles through the south, and arcs toward the north. The spirit continues on, illuminating everything in its circuit, and turning again in its cycle. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
You whose clothes get hot when the south wind brings calm to the land,
The windstorm comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
All the streams flow to the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.
Just as you don’t know the path of the wind, or how bones develop in the womb of a pregnant woman, so also you don’t know the work of God who makes everything.
But the Lord threw a great wind onto the sea, and such a great storm arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break apart.
‘Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. It collapsed with a great crash.’
The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.’