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Job 8 · Grade 4

Bildad and the Withering Plant

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Bildad the Shuhite was blunter than Eliphaz. He called Job's words a mighty wind and asked whether God perverts justice. Bildad was right that God is just. But he went further and suggested that Job's children had sinned and been given over to their disobedience, a cruel and mistaken claim.

Bildad urged Job to seek God diligently and make supplication to the Almighty. If Job were pure and upright, God would restore him, and though his beginning was small, his latter end would greatly increase. Bildad believed that Job's trouble proved Job was not pure.

Bildad appealed to the wisdom of past generations. Papyrus cannot grow without mire, and it withers before other reeds. So, he said, are the paths of all who forget God. He ended by saying God will not cast away a blameless man. In Job 42:7 God says the friends had not spoken of Him what is right.

Show What You Know

  1. What was Bildad right about?

  2. What cruel and mistaken claim did Bildad make?

  3. What did Bildad say would happen if Job were pure and upright?

  4. What did Bildad compare to papyrus without mire?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

BildadPapyrusGod
  1. the Shuhite was blunter than Eliphaz.
  2. Bildad was right that is just.
  3. cannot grow without mire, and it withers before other reeds.

Think About It

  1. Bildad was right that God is just but wrong about Job. How can we hold to God's justice without judging people quickly?

  2. Bildad said to seek God diligently. What does seeking God look like in your life?

Memory Verse

“Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?”

Job 8:3 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being fair and good. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you listen to a friend's own story before judging?
  • How can you pray for a friend instead of judging them?

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