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Ecclesiastes crossword

12 clues from the book of Ecclesiastes. Check your answers as you go, or print it out for your group.

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Across

  1. 2 Nation over which the speaker was king (6)
  2. 7 Body of water that is not full (3)
  3. 8 King whose son wrote these words (5)
  4. 9 What the speaker sought by searching (6)
  5. 10 City named in the first verse (9)
  6. 12 It goes toward the south (4)

Down

  1. 1 Gladness the speaker tested (5)
  2. 3 Streams flowing into the sea (6)
  3. 4 Speaker in the opening verse (8)
  4. 5 Meaningless things, says the opening speaker (6)
  5. 6 Work done under the sun (6)
  6. 11 The big light in the sky (3)

Answers

2 across: Nation over which the speaker was king

Answer: ISRAEL — Ecclesiastes 1:12

7 across: Body of water that is not full

Answer: SEA — Ecclesiastes 1:7

8 across: King whose son wrote these words

Answer: DAVID — Ecclesiastes 1:1

9 across: What the speaker sought by searching

Answer: WISDOM — Ecclesiastes 1:13

10 across: City named in the first verse

Answer: JERUSALEM — Ecclesiastes 1:1

12 across: It goes toward the south

Answer: WIND — Ecclesiastes 1:6

1 down: Gladness the speaker tested

Answer: MIRTH — Ecclesiastes 2:1

3 down: Streams flowing into the sea

Answer: RIVERS — Ecclesiastes 1:7

4 down: Speaker in the opening verse

Answer: PREACHER — Ecclesiastes 1:1

5 down: Meaningless things, says the opening speaker

Answer: VANITY — Ecclesiastes 1:2

6 down: Work done under the sun

Answer: LABOUR — Ecclesiastes 1:3

11 down: The big light in the sky

Answer: SUN — Ecclesiastes 1:3