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Job 40 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Job Puts His Hand on His Mouth

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.

PreschoolHand on My Mouth

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

KindergartenQuiet

HAND → picture 2MOUTH → picture 4QUIET → picture 1LISTEN → picture 3

Grade 1Job Listens

Job heard God speak. → picture 2Job put his hand on his mouth. → picture 4Job was quiet. → picture 5Job listened to God. → picture 1God made a big beast. → picture 3

Order:

1. I lay my hand on my mouth2. Will you even annul my judgment3. See now behemoth, which I made as well as you4. He eats grass as an ox

Grade 2Job Is Quiet

  1. What did Job say about himself? Job said he was small.
  2. What did Job put on his mouth? His hand (circle)
  3. What did God tell Job to look at? A huge animal called behemoth
  4. Who made behemoth? God made it. (circle)
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Grade 3I Lay My Hand on My Mouth

  1. What did Yahweh ask Job? Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty?
  2. What did Job say about himself? Behold, I am of small account.
  3. What did Job do with his hand? I lay my hand on my mouth.
  4. What does behemoth eat? He eats grass as an ox.
1: I lay my hand on my mouth2: Will you even annul my judgment3: See now behemoth, which I made as well as you4: He eats grass as an ox
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Grade 4Will You Condemn Me?

  1. What did God give Job a chance to do? To speak
  2. What did Job say he would do? I will proceed no further.
  3. What did God ask Job? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
  4. What are behemoth's bones like? Tubes of bronze

Word bank: 1. answer; 2. God; 3. small; 4. hand; 5. behemoth

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

Grade 5The Humbling of Job

  1. What had Job demanded throughout the dialogue? That God answer him
  2. What does Job stop doing? He stops accusing God.
  3. What was Job right about? He was not suffering for a hidden sin.
  4. What was Job wrong to suggest? That God was unjust
  5. Who alone can rule behemoth? His Maker
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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