For Kids · 3 min with a grown-up
Now one of Job's friends starts to talk. His name is Eliphaz, and he is trying to help — but he does not get everything right.
Today's Story
Job's friend Eliphaz could not stay quiet any longer. He wanted to help Job feel better, so he began to speak.
First, he said something kind and true. He reminded Job, “Think about it. You have helped so many people. Your words gave strength to people who were weak. When others were falling down, you held them up.” Job had spent his whole life being a helper.
But then Eliphaz said something that was not quite right. He thought that only people who do bad things ever have hard times. So he wondered if maybe all of Job's trouble was Job's own fault.
But that was not the whole story. Job had not done anything wrong! Sometimes hard things happen to very good people, and it is nobody's fault at all.
Eliphaz meant well, but he did not understand everything. Only God did.
A Big Word
Memory Verse
Talk About It
- Has anyone ever said something to you that made you feel braver or stronger? What did they say?
- Eliphaz thought trouble only comes to people who do bad things. But that wasn't true for Job. Why is it kind not to blame people for their hard times?
- Whose day could you make better with kind, encouraging words today?