Job 17 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Clean Hands Grow Stronger

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.

PreschoolGrow Stronger

personpeoplemoon and starstreelight

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

KindergartenClean Hands

HANDS → picture 3PATH → picture 1HEART → picture 4TREE → picture 2

Grade 1Stronger and Stronger

Job was very tired. → picture 4The righteous will hold to his way. → picture 3Clean hands grow stronger. → picture 1Job asked God to help him. → picture 5Job asked, Where then is my hope? → picture 2

Order:

1. My spirit is consumed2. My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow3. the righteous will hold to his way4. He who has clean hands will grow stronger

Grade 2Keep Going

What did people do to Job? Made fun of him (circle)
Why were Job's eyes dim? He was so sad. (circle)
Who did Job ask for help? God (circle)
What will people with clean hands do? Grow stronger and stronger (circle)
Where was Job's hope? In God (circle)

Grade 3Hold to Your Way

What did Job say about his spirit? My spirit is consumed.
What did Job ask God to give? A pledge for him
Why was Job's eye dim? By reason of sorrow
What will the righteous do? Hold to his way
What will happen to the one who has clean hands? He will grow stronger and stronger.

1: My spirit is consumed2: My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow3: the righteous will hold to his way4: He who has clean hands will grow stronger

Grade 4Where Then Is My Hope?

What did Job ask God to do? Give a pledge and stand as collateral for him
What firm truth did Job state? The righteous will hold to his way, and he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
What did Job say about his friends' wisdom? He could not find a wise man among them.
What question did Job ask at the end? Where then is my hope?

Word bank: 1. hands; 2. God; 3. sorrow; 4. way; 5. hope

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

Grade 5The Righteous Will Hold to His Way

What striking request does Job make of God? Give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself.
How does this request connect to chapter 16? It continues his hope for a heavenly witness.
What confident truth does Job speak? The righteous will hold to his way, and he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
What does Job say the friends do with night and day? They change the night into day, saying the light is near in the presence of darkness.
How will the book answer Job's question about hope? When God speaks and restores Job

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