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Job 18 · Grade 5

The Dwellings of the Unrighteous

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Bildad's second speech opens with wounded pride. How long will you hunt for words? Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight? You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Bildad cannot accept that the moral order he believes in might not explain Job's case.

Bildad describes the fate of the wicked in vivid images. Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won't shine. The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out. The steps of his strength will be shortened, and his own counsel will cast him down. Snares, traps, and terrors chase him. His roots dry up, his branch is cut off, and his memory perishes from the earth.

He concludes, Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn't know God. Bildad's description fits Job's losses closely, and that is the point: he is telling Job that he is the wicked man. But Job is the one who knows God. In Job 42:7, God says the friends have not spoken of Him the thing that is right, as His servant Job has.

Show What You Know

  1. How does Bildad's second speech open?

  2. What does Bildad say about the lamp of the wicked?

  3. What does Bildad say happens to the memory of the wicked?

  4. Why does Bildad's description fit Job's losses so closely?

  5. What does God say in Job 42:7?

Crossword

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Across

  1. He spoke to Job a second time about the wicked.

Down

  1. How long will you hunt for ____
  2. His ____ above him will be put out.

Think About It

  1. Bildad could not accept that his ideas might not explain Job's pain. How can you stay humble when life does not fit your expectations?

  2. Bildad called Job one who doesn't know God, but he was wrong. How does God's verdict matter more than people's?

Memory Verse

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”

Job 18:21 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being my light. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you comfort someone who is grieving?
  • How can we avoid judging people by their troubles?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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