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Job 26 · Grade 5

But a Whisper

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Job answers Bildad with irony: How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength! How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge! Job points out that the friends' lectures on God's greatness have done nothing for the weak man in front of them.

Job then outdoes Bildad in describing God's majesty. Even the realm of the dead lies open before God. He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing. He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them. He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters. He stirs up the sea with his power. By his Spirit the heavens are garnished.

Job concludes with humility: Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand? Job agrees with the friends that God is great, but he knows even more clearly that God is beyond human understanding, which is why simple rules cannot explain his suffering.

Show What You Know

  1. What does Job point out about the friends' lectures?

  2. How does Job describe the earth?

  3. What does Job say about the heavens?

  4. How does Job conclude?

  5. Why can't simple rules explain Job's suffering?

Crossword

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Across

  1. hangs the earth on ____
  2. He stirs up the ____ with his power

Down

  1. the ____ of his power who can understand
  2. He binds up the waters in his thick ____
  3. how small a ____ do we hear of him

Think About It

  1. Job said we know only the outskirts of God's ways. How does that humble us when we try to explain why things happen?

  2. God hangs the earth on nothing and holds water in the clouds. How does God's power in creation give you confidence in Him?

Memory Verse

Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”

Job 26:14 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for holding the whole earth. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What part of creation makes you wonder at God's power?
  • How does God's greatness make us humble?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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