Poetry & Wisdom
What should a child notice in Job 12?
Job 12 opens with these words: “Then Job answered,” The line to keep is Job 12:4: “I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.” Carry the word “joke” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Job 12:4: “I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.” What happens first in Job 12?
Job 12:4
“I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.”
Job 12:3
“But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?”
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Practice Job 12:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
IamlikeonewhoisatohisI,whocalledonGod,andheanswered.Thejust,themanisajoke.