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Job 26 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Outskirts of His Ways

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.

PreschoolHangs the Earth on Nothing

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

KindergartenEarth

EARTH → picture 4CLOUD → picture 3SKY → picture 2HAND → picture 1

Grade 1God's Power

Job answered Bildad. → picture 3God hangs the earth on nothing. → picture 5God holds water in the clouds. → picture 2The clouds do not burst. → picture 4We know only a little of God. → picture 1

Order:

1. hangs the earth on nothing2. He binds up the waters in his thick clouds3. He stirs up the sea with his power4. How small a whisper do we hear of him

Grade 2God Holds It All

  1. Who did Job answer? Bildad (circle)
  2. What does God hang the earth on? Nothing (circle)
  3. What does God hold in the clouds? Water (circle)
  4. How much of God do we hear? Only a whisper (circle)
  5. What is God greater than? More than we can understand
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Grade 3A Small Whisper

  1. What did Job ask Bildad? How have you helped him who is without power?
  2. What does God hang the earth on? Nothing
  3. Where does God bind up the waters? In his thick clouds
  4. What did Job call these great works? The outskirts of his ways
  5. Who can understand the thunder of his power? No one
1: hangs the earth on nothing2: He binds up the waters in his thick clouds3: He stirs up the sea with his power4: How small a whisper do we hear of him
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Grade 4The Thunder of His Power

  1. What did Job show about Bildad's speech? A speech about God's greatness is not the same as comfort.
  2. What does God hang the earth on? Nothing
  3. What do the pillars of heaven do at God's rebuke? Tremble
  4. What are all these wonders, according to Job? Only the outskirts of his ways

Word bank: 1. power; 2. earth; 3. clouds; 4. waters; 5. whisper

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

Grade 5But a Whisper

  1. What does Job point out about the friends' lectures? They have done nothing for the weak man in front of them.
  2. How does Job describe the earth? God hangs the earth on nothing.
  3. What does Job say about the heavens? By his Spirit the heavens are garnished.
  4. How does Job conclude? These are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him!
  5. Why can't simple rules explain Job's suffering? God is beyond human understanding.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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