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The Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 1, Verse 6

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The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
King 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.
American Standard Version
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.
New English Translation
The wind goes to the south and circles around to the north; round and round the wind goes and on its rounds it returns.
World English Bible
The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.
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All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea [is] not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
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All things [are] full of labour; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun.
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Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
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[There is] no remembrance of former [things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance of [things] that are to come with [those] that shall come after.
12
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
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I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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[That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
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I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all [they] that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.