Job 17: Clean Hands Grow Stronger

Job says his spirit is consumed and mockers surround him. He asks God to give a pledge for him, for no one else will. He has become a byword, and his eye is dim with sorrow. Yet he says the righteous will hold to his way, and he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger. He asks, Where then is my hope?

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¹ “My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ “But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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Job 17 · Preschool

Grow Stronger

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Color the hand and the path! People who do right grow stronger.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.”

Job 17:9 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: People who keep doing what is right grow stronger and stronger. God helps us keep going on His path.

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Job 17 · Grade 4

Where Then Is My Hope?

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Read and Think

Job felt his days were nearly over. His spirit was consumed, and mockers surrounded him. He asked God to give a pledge and stand as collateral for him, since no one else would strike hands with him. Only God could guarantee his case.

Job said he had become a byword, and his eye was dim with sorrow. Upright people would be astonished at what had happened to him. Yet he stated a firm truth: the righteous will hold to his way, and he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

Job told his friends that he could not find a wise man among them. His plans were broken off. He felt near the grave, and he asked, Where then is my hope? Job's question is honest, but even here he has turned to God as the only one who could stand for him.

Show What You Know

What did Job ask God to do?
What firm truth did Job state?
What did Job say about his friends' wisdom?
What question did Job ask at the end?

Word Bank Fill-In

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hopehandssorrowGodway

He asked God to give a pledge and stand as collateral for him, since no one else would strike with him.
Only could guarantee his case.
Job said he had become a byword, and his eye was dim with .
Yet he stated a firm truth: the righteous will hold to his , and he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
He felt near the grave, and he asked, Where then is my ?

Think About It

Job said the righteous hold to their way. What helps you keep doing right when it is hard?
Job asked God to stand for him because no one else would. How can you trust God when others let you down?

Memory Verse

“Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.”

Job 17:9 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me hold on to Your way. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

How can you trust God on days that feel over?
Who can help you keep going when you feel tired?

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Job 17 · Grade 5

The Righteous Will Hold to His Way

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Read and Think

Job's spirit is consumed, his days are extinct, and the grave seems ready for him. Surely there are mockers with me. He turns to God with a striking request: Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me? Job asks God Himself to guarantee his case, because no one else will. This continues his hope for a heavenly witness from chapter 16.

Job says God has made him a byword of the people, and his eye is dim by reason of sorrow. Upright men will be astonished at this. Then he speaks a confident truth: Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger. Even while suffering, Job believes that perseverance in righteousness leads to strength.

Job tells his friends to come back, for he will not find a wise man among them. They change the night into day, saying the light is near in the presence of darkness. Job feels his plans are broken off and asks, where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it? The question hangs in the air, but the book will answer it when God speaks and restores Job.

Show What You Know

What striking request does Job make of God?
How does this request connect to chapter 16?
What confident truth does Job speak?
What does Job say the friends do with night and day?
How will the book answer Job's question about hope?

Crossword

Across

My eye also is dim by reason of ____
he who has ____ hands will grow stronger

Down

he who has clean hands will grow ____ and ____
where then is my ____
the righteous will hold to his ____

Think About It

Job believed the righteous grow stronger by holding to their way. How have you seen perseverance make someone stronger?
Job asked God Himself to be his pledge. What does it mean to you that God is the One you can count on?

Memory Verse

“Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.”

Job 17:9 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me hold on to Your way. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

How can you hold on to hope when you are very sad?
What keeps you going when the right path is hard?
What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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