And turns around to the north;
The wind whirls about continually,
And comes again on its circuit.
Yet the sea is not full;
To the place from which the rivers come,
There they return again.
Man cannot express it.
aThe eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.
“See, this is new”?
It has already been in ancient times before us.
Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come
By those who will come after.
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Ecclesiastes 1:6
according to his circuits—that is, it returns afresh to its former circuits, however many be its previous veerings about. The north and south winds are the two prevailing winds in Palestine and Egypt.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 1:6:
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Ecclesiastes 11:5
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