Role Play Job's Conversation with Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar

Categories: Job

Review the story of Job. Explain what Job has been through and then talk about his friends and their advice.

Give each student a role to play. Let someone play Job, Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar, and Elihu.

Start with three of Job's friends arriving. Let Job explain to them what happened in his life. Then let each one of the friends follow the biblical script. Let three more friends by the same names improvise their responses on being a "good" friend. Guide them into examining characteristics and traits that would show support for Job.