Charles Ellicott Commentary Ecclesiastes 1:6

"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." — Ecclesiastes 1:6 (ASV)

The order of the Hebrew words permits the first clause, “going towards the south and returning towards the north,” to be understood as a continuation of the description of the sun’s movements, and some interpreters have indeed taken them so, but probably erroneously. The verse gains in liveliness if more literally rendered, “going towards the south and circling towards the north, circling, circling goes the wind, and to its circles the wind returns.”