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Job 4 · Grade 5

Eliphaz's First Speech

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Eliphaz the Temanite is the first of the friends to answer Job's lament. He opens politely: If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? He recalls that Job has instructed many and strengthened the weak hands. Your words have supported him who was falling, you have made the feeble knees firm. But now it has come to you, and you faint.

Then comes the principle that shapes all of Eliphaz's counsel. Remember, now, who ever perished, being innocent? He says he has seen that those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same, and that by the breath of God they perish. Eliphaz assumes that suffering must be a harvest of sin. The prologue has already shown the reader that Job's trial did not come from his sin.

Eliphaz claims a secret word came to him in the night. A spirit passed before his face, and a voice asked, Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? The words exalt God's holiness, yet Eliphaz aims them at Job as a rebuke. Readers should weigh the friends' speeches carefully, because in Job 42:7 God tells Eliphaz, you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

Show What You Know

  1. How had Job helped others before his trouble?

  2. What principle shapes Eliphaz's counsel?

  3. What does the prologue show that Eliphaz did not know?

  4. What did the night voice ask?

  5. What does God tell Eliphaz in Job 42:7?

Crossword

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Across

  1. you have strengthened the ____ hands
  2. Then a ____ passed before my face.
  3. you have made the feeble ____ firm

Down

  1. The Temanite who spoke first
  2. who ever perished, being ____

Think About It

  1. Eliphaz assumed he knew the reason for Job's pain. Why should we be careful about explaining someone else's suffering?

  2. Job had made feeble knees firm. How can your words strengthen someone this week?

Memory Verse

“Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.”

Job 4:3 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping people who are weak. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does Job 42:7 say about the friends' speeches?
  • How can we comfort suffering friends without accusing them?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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