People
Job in Job 1
JOHB
This person shows up in Job 1:1: “There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Job 1:1
“There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.”
What kids can learn
When you hear job in Job, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Job 1:1 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Job 1:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
wasamaninthelandofUz,whosenamewasJob.manwasblamelessandupright,andonewhofearedGod,andturnedfromevil.