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Job 12 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Ask the Animals

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolAsk the Animals

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenGod Made Animals

BIRD → picture 2FISH → picture 4SHEEP → picture 1TREE → picture 3

Grade 1God's Hand

Ask the birds of the sky. → picture 2The fish of the sea will tell you. → picture 4Ask the animals. → picture 5Life is in God's hand. → picture 1With God is wisdom. → picture 3

Order:

1. ask the animals now, and they will teach you2. The fish of the sea will declare to you3. in whose hand is the life of every living thing4. With God is wisdom and might

Grade 2Ask the Animals

  1. Who did Job answer? Zophar (circle)
  2. What did Job say his friends did? They made fun of him.
  3. What did Job say to ask? The animals, the birds, and the fish
  4. What is in God's hand? The life of every living thing
  5. What is God? Wise and strong (circle)
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Grade 3In God's Hand

  1. What did Job say he had as well as his friends? Understanding
  2. What did Job feel like to his neighbor? A joke
  3. What will the animals and birds do? Teach you and tell you
  4. What is in God's hand? The life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind
  5. What is with God? Wisdom and might
1: ask the animals now, and they will teach you2: The fish of the sea will declare to you3: in whose hand is the life of every living thing4: With God is wisdom and might
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Grade 4All Creation Knows

  1. What did Job say sarcastically to his friends? No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
  2. What do the animals, birds, earth, and fish know? That Yahweh's hand has done this
  3. What is in God's hand? The life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind
  4. What did Job agree about God? God is sovereign over all.

Word bank: 1. wisdom; 2. animals; 3. birds; 4. hand; 5. might

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5The Breath of All Mankind

  1. How does Job answer Zophar's claim to wisdom? With irony: wisdom will die with you, but I have understanding as well as you.
  2. What does Job say the animals, birds, earth, and fish know? That Yahweh's hand has done this
  3. What does Job say is in God's hand? The life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind
  4. What is unusual about Job's use of the name Yahweh here? It is the only time in the dialogues that Job uses the name Yahweh.
  5. What troubles Job, if not God's power? Why that power has come against him
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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