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Job 9 · Grade 5

No Umpire Between Us

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Job answers Bildad: Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God? He does not deny God's justice, but he sees the problem from the other side. If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a thousand. God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?

Job's praise of God's power is magnificent. He removes the mountains and shakes the earth out of its place. He commands the sun and it doesn't rise, and seals up the stars. He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea. He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades. He does great things past finding out. Yet Job cannot see Him: he goes by me, and I don't see him.

This power overwhelms Job. Even if he were righteous, his own mouth would condemn him. In despair he says God destroys the blameless and the wicked alike, words he will later regret in chapter 42. Then he voices a profound longing: For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him. There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both. In the New Testament, 1 Timothy 2:5 says there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. Job's longing points forward to the Mediator God would provide.

Show What You Know

  1. How does Job agree and disagree with Bildad?

  2. What does Job say about answering God?

  3. What examples of God's power does Job give?

  4. What does Job say in despair?

  5. How does 1 Timothy 2:5 answer Job's longing?

Crossword

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Across

  1. wise in heart, and ____ in strength
  2. He makes the Bear, ____, and the Pleiades
  3. and treads on the ____ of the sea

Down

  1. He alone stretches out the ____
  2. There is no ____ between us

Think About It

  1. Job felt he had no one to stand between him and God. In the New Testament, Jesus is our mediator. How does this change the way you approach God?

  2. Job's despair led him to say things he later regretted. How can you be honest with God while still trusting His goodness?

Memory Verse

“There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.”

Job 9:33 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for making the stars and the sea. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • When do you wish someone would stand with you before God?
  • How does knowing God's power help you when you are scared?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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