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Job 15 · Grade 5

The Consolations of God

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Eliphaz's second speech is sharper than his first. Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind? He accuses Job of hindering devotion before God and says, Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you. Eliphaz now treats Job's honest lament as proof of guilt.

Eliphaz challenges Job's wisdom with sarcasm. Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills? Have you heard the secret counsel of God? He points to the gray-headed and very aged men on his side. Then he asks, Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you? The irony is that Eliphaz's own words have not been gentle.

Eliphaz repeats that man is unclean and describes at length the torment of the wicked: a sound of terrors is in his ears, his riches will not continue, and he will shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and will cast off his flower as the olive tree. His portrait of the wicked is meant as a mirror for Job. But the mirror is false. In Job 42:7 God says the friends have not spoken of Him the thing that is right.

Show What You Know

  1. How does Eliphaz now treat Job's lament?

  2. What sarcastic questions does Eliphaz ask about Job's wisdom?

  3. What is ironic about Eliphaz's question about God's gentle word?

  4. How does Eliphaz describe the wicked?

  5. Why is Eliphaz's mirror for Job false?

Crossword

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Across

  1. even the word that is ____ toward you
  2. Should a ____ man answer with vain knowledge

Down

  1. Have you heard the secret ____ of God
  2. He spoke to Job a second time.
  3. fill himself with the east ____

Think About It

  1. Eliphaz used tradition and age to silence Job. How can respect for elders be balanced with listening to someone's honest pain?

  2. God's consolations are real and gentle. How have you experienced God's comfort?

Memory Verse

“Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?”

Job 15:11 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for words that are gentle. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you talk with a hurting friend about them, not about others?
  • How can we offer God's gentle comfort to others?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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