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Job 8 · Grade 5

Does God Pervert Justice?

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Bildad the Shuhite answers with impatience. How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind? His central question is right in itself: Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness? But Bildad draws a harsh conclusion. If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience. The reader knows from chapter 1 that Job's children died in a test Job knew nothing about.

Bildad's counsel follows the same formula as Eliphaz. If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty. If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you. Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase. Ironically, Job's latter end will increase, but not because Bildad's diagnosis was right.

Bildad points Job to the wisdom of past generations. Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water? Such plants wither quickly, and so does the hope of the godless, which is like a spider's web. He concludes, Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers. Bildad's words contain truth, but his use of them is wrong, and in Job 42:7 God says the friends have not spoken of Him the thing that is right.

Show What You Know

  1. What is Bildad's central question?

  2. What harsh conclusion does Bildad draw about Job's children?

  3. What is ironic about Bildad's promise that Job's latter end would increase?

  4. What does Bildad compare the hope of the godless to?

  5. What does God say about the friends in Job 42:7?

Crossword

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Across

  1. He will still fill your mouth with ____
  2. Can the rushes grow without ____

Down

  1. The Shuhite who spoke second
  2. Can the ____ grow up without mire
  3. Does God pervert ____

Think About It

  1. Bildad used a true belief about God's justice to wound a grieving father. How can you make sure your theology is used with love?

  2. Bildad pointed to past generations. What have older believers taught you about trusting God?

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.

  • What can you say to comfort someone who lost something?
  • How can a true belief about God be used in the wrong way?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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