Job 34 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: God Will Not Do Wickedly

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.

PreschoolGod Is Always Fair

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

KindergartenFair

FAIR → picture 4SEE → picture 3GOOD → picture 2LIGHT → picture 1

Grade 1God Is Fair

Elihu talked to the wise men. → picture 3God is always fair. → picture 5God sees all our ways. → picture 2No one can hide from God. → picture 4Elihu said to choose what is right. → picture 1

Order:

1. Let us choose for us that which is right2. far be it from God, that he should do wickedness3. God will not do wickedly4. He sees all his goings

Grade 2God Never Does Wrong

What did Elihu say to choose? What is right (circle)
Does God ever do wrong? No. God never does wrong.
What does God see? All our ways (circle)
Can anyone hide from God? No (circle)
Was Elihu right that God is fair? Yes. God is always fair.

Grade 3The Almighty Will Not Pervert Justice

What does the ear try? Words
What will God not do? Do wickedly
What will the Almighty not pervert? Justice
Where are God's eyes? On the ways of a man
What did God later call Job? His servant

1: Let us choose for us that which is right2: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness3: God will not do wickedly4: He sees all his goings

Grade 4Who Put Him in Charge?

What did Elihu quote Job as saying? I am righteous, God has taken away my right.
What did Elihu say God will never do? Do wickedly or pervert justice
What did Elihu ask about God's rule? Who put him in charge of the earth?
Where did Elihu go too far? He wished Job were tried to the end and said Job adds rebellion to his sin.

Word bank: 1. right; 2. God; 3. wickedly; 4. earth; 5. eyes

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

Grade 5There Is No Darkness to Hide In

How does Elihu stretch Job's words? He claims Job said it profits nothing to delight in God, though Job never stopped seeking God.
What is Elihu's strongest point? God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
What does Elihu say about darkness? There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Where is Elihu right and where is he wrong? Right that Job spoke without full knowledge, wrong to call Job a rebel
What does God call Job in 42:7-8? My servant

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