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St. John's UCC – 945 Wolfrum Rd. Weldon Spring, MO 63304 Bible St. John’s UCC – 945 Wolfrum Rd. Weldon Spring, MO 63304 Bible Study The Book of Job Job is the eighteenth book of the bible. The book of Job is thought by many to be the oldest book in the world, and deals with its most difficult question; “Why do the righteous suffer?” The early chapters of Job tell of great misfortunes that came upon Job. When Job’s three friends heard of all the evil that had come upon him, they went to him to comfort, and express their sympathy for him. His three friends argued that as the laws of nature are unchangeable and Job himself was to blame for all the troubles that have come upon him. The book of Job can be divided into six parts: 1) The prologue, 2) Job’s dialogues with his counselors, 3) Elihu’s monologue, 4) The Lord speaks, 5) Job’s confession, 6) The Epilogue. The author of this book is unknown. Questions: Job Chapter 1 1) Who did Job fear, and what did Job shun in verse one of this book? (Job 1:1) 2) What kind of man was Job in these verses of this book? (Job 1:1-3) 3) Who are the three main people in these events of these verses? (Job 1:1-22) 4) What is surprising about what happened to Job in these verses of this book? (Job 1:1- 22) 5) How did Job purify his children and why in these verses of this book? (Job 1:4-5) 6) What were the angels doing in verse six? (Job 1:6) 7) Where did Satan come from in verse seven? (Job 1:7) 8) Why did Satan say that Job feared God in these verses of this book? (Job 1:9-10) 9) What did Satan say Job would do if God took away everything Job had? (Job 1:11) 10) What authority did God give to Satan in verse twelve of this book? (Job 1:12) 11) What happened to Job’s livestock in these verses of this book? (Job 1:13-17) 12) What happened to Job’s children in these verses of this book? (Job 1:18-19) 13) How did Job respond to the tragedies that happened to him in these verses? (Job 1:20- 21) 14) What way did Job not sin in verse twenty-two of this book? (Job 1:22) St. John’s UCC – 945 Wolfrum Rd. Weldon Spring, MO 63304 Job Chapter 2 1) What major events occurred in these verses? (Job 2:1-13) 2) Where did Satan come from, according to verse two? (Job 2:2) 3) Why did God ask Satan to consider Job again in verse three? (Job 2:3) 4) What did God say Job had maintained in verse three of this book? (Job 2:3) 5) Why did Satan say that it was no big deal that Job had maintained his integrity? (Job 2:4- 5) 6) What authority did God give to Satan in verse six of this book? (Job 2:6) 7) What did Satan do to Job, according to verse seven? (Job 2:7) 8) What did Job’s wife tell him to do in verse nine? (Job 2:9) 9) How did Job respond to his wife’s suggestion in verse ten of this book? (Job 2:10) 10) What did Job not do in the midst of his troubles, according to verse ten? (Job 2:10) 11) What purpose did Job’s friends set out to meet Job for in verse eleven? (Job 2:11) 12) What did Job’s friends do when they saw him in verse twelve of this book? (Job 2:12) 13) Why were Job’s friends silent for seven days, according to verse thirteen of this book? (Job 2:13) Job Chapter 3 1) What did Job do when he opened his mouth, according to verse one of this book? (Job 3:1) 2) What did Job say about the day of his birth in these verses of this book? (Job 3:2-10) 3) What questions did Job ask about his birth in these verses? (Job 3:11-12) 4) Where did Job say he would be if he had died at birth in these verses? (Job 3:13-15) 5) Where did Job say the weary are at rest in verse seventeen of this book? (Job 3:17) 6) What beneficial effect did Job say death would have on slaves in these verses? (Job 3:18- 19) 7) What did Job say is given to those who search for death in these verses? (Job 3:20-22) 8) How did Job describe his groans in verse twenty-four? (Job 3:24) St. John’s UCC – 945 Wolfrum Rd. Weldon Spring, MO 63304 9) What did Job say had happened to him in verse twenty-five? (Job 3:25) 10) What did Job say he did and did not have in verse twenty-six of this book? (Job 3:26) Job Chapter 4 1) What did Eliphaz say that Job had done in the past? (Job 4:2-6) 2) What did Eliphaz say about Job’s piety and confidence? (Job 4:6) 3) According to Eliphaz, why do bad things happen to people? (Job 4:7-11) 4) How did Eliphaz receive the message brought to him? (Job 4:12-16) 5) What kind of people dies without wisdom? (Job 4:17-21) Job Chapter 5 1) Who does resentment kill, according to verse two of this book? (Job 5:2) 2) What did Eliphaz say a person is born to in verse seven of this book? (Job 5:7) 3) Who did Eliphaz say Job should appeal to in verse eight of this book? (Job 5:8) 4) What type of things did Eliphaz say God did in these verses? (Job 5:9-15) 5) Why did God do what He had done, according to Eliphas in verse sixteen? (Job 5:16) 6) Why did Eliphaz tell Job not to despise the discipline of God in these verses? (Job 5:17- 18) 7) What did Eliphaz tell Job would happen when God rescued him in these verses? (Job 5:19-26) 8) What did Eliphaz tell Job to do in verse twenty-seven of this book? (Job 5:27) Job Chapter 6 1) What did Job say about his misery in these verses of this book? (Job 6:1-3) 2) What did Job say had been marshaled against him in verse four of this book? (Job 6:4) 3) What did Job want God to do, and what consolation did he say it would bring him? (Job 6:8-10) 4) What did Job say about his friends, according to these verses of this book? (Job 6:14-27) 5) What did Job ask his friends to do, and on what basis did he ask them? (Job 6:28-30) St. John’s UCC – 945 Wolfrum Rd. Weldon Spring, MO 63304 Job Chapter 7 1) How did Job describe life, according to these verses? (Job 7:1-2) 2) What did Job say about his days and nights in these verses? (Job 7:3-6) 3) What did Job compare his life to in these verses? (Job 7:7-10) 4) Why did Job say he would not be silent in verse eleven of this book? (Job 7:11) 5) Why was Job not able to find any comfort in sleep? (Job 7:13-16) 6) Why did Job despise his life, according to verse sixteen? (Job 7:16) 7) What way did Job say God made a big deal about mankind in these verses? (Job 7:17- 18) 8) What questions did Job ask God, according to these verses? (Job 7:17-21) Job Chapter 8 1) How did Bildad characterize Job’s reply to Eliphaz in verse two? (Job 8:2) 2) What did Bildad ask Job about God, according to verse three? (Job 8:3) 3) Why did Bildad say God punished Job’s children in verse four of this book? (Job 8:4) 4) What did Bildad say God would do if Job was pure and upright in these verses? (Job 8:5- 7) 5) Who did Bildad suggest Job consult with, and why in these verses of this book? (Job 8:8- 10) 6) What did Bildad compare the destiny of those who forget God, according to in these verses? (Job 8:11-13) 7) What sort of foundation did Bildad say the godless were relying on in these verses? (Job 8:14-15) 8) What did Bildad compare the godless person to in these verses of this book? (Job 8:16- 19) 9) How did Bildad say God would treat the blameless person and the evildoer? (Job 8:20) 10) What did Bildad say God would fill Job’s mouth with in verse twenty-one? (Job 8:21) 11) What did Bildad say God would do to Job’s enemies in verse twenty-two? (Job 8:22) St. John’s UCC – 945 Wolfrum Rd. Weldon Spring, MO 63304 Job Chapter 9 1) Why did Job think that it is impossible for a mortal to be righteous before God in these verses? (Job 9:2-13) 2) How did Job describe the power and wisdom of God, according to these verses? (Job 9:4- 12) 3) In what way did Job think being innocent or blameless would change things? (Job 9:14- 20) 4) How did Job think God treats the blameless and the wicked, according to these verses? (Job 9:22-24) 5) How did Job describe his days in these verses? (Job 9:25-26) 6) What did Job wish he had the opportunity to do, according to these verses? (Job 9:32- 35) Job Chapter 10 1) What did Job want God to tell him, according to these verses? (Job 10:1-2) 2) Why did Job think that God was unfair in these verses of this book? (Job 10:3-7) 3) Who did Job say created him, and why is that important, according to these verses? (Job 10:8-12) 4) What did Job say God concealed in His heart, according to these verses of this book? (Job 10:13-14) 5) What did Job ask God in verse eighteen? (Job 10:18) 6) Where did Job say he was headed, according to these verses of this book? (Job 10:21- 22) Job Chapter 11 1) How did Zophar describe Job’s speech in these verses of this book? (Job 11:2-3) 2) What did Zophar wish God would do in these verses? (Job 11:5-6) 3) How did Zophar depict the mysteries of God in these verses of this book? (Job 11:7-9) 4) What did Zophar say God took note of in verse eleven? (Job 11:11) 5) What did Zophar say about the witless person in verse twelve? (Job 11:12) 6) What did Zophar tell Job to do, according to these verses? (Job 11:13-14) St.
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