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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.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Le vent se dirige vers le midi, tourne vers le nord; puis il tourne encore, et reprend les mêmes circuits.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Joannes Zonaras

    Epitome Historiarum

    ὶ Βαβύλας ὁ τῶν ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ πιστῶν Fontes capitis 20 certo indicari nequeunt, praeter Eusebii Hist. eccles. 1. 6, c. 39 43 44. τὴν ἐκκλησίαν διέπων, καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος, ὃς οὐ τότε πρώτως ὑπερήθλησε τῆς εἰς τὸν σωτῆρα κύριον πίστεως, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρῴην, ὡς ἤδη…
  • Joannes Zonaras

    Epitome Historiarum

    , ἄγοντα δὲ τῆς ἡλικίας Cap 22. Dio continuatus, ut videtur: conf. Exc. Vatic. p. 244. Eusebii Hist. eccles. 1. 6, c 39 et 1. 7, c. 2–6. ἐνιαυτὸν τεσσαρακοστόν· καὶ προσίασιν Οὐαλεριανῷ καὶ ἀμάχως αὐτῷ τὴν Ῥωμαίων ἀρχὴν ἐγχειρίζουσι. Φλαβιανοῦ δὲ ἐπὶ Δεκίου, ὡς εἴρηται, μαρτυρήσα…
  • Salonius

    Mystical Exposition on Ecclesiastes

    s, and returns to its place, and there it rises again, circles to the south, and turns to the north (Ecclesiastes 1:5-6)? Who doesn't know that the sun rises and sets, and through paths unknown to us, returns to its place where it rose, so it may rise again? This is why Solomon…

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