Job — Group study guide
Part 1 of 2 · chapters 1–18
18 chapters · 102 questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
How to use it
Read one chapter per meeting. Each participant can mark their answers and write down what they learned.
Contents
- Job 112 questions
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- Job 36 questions
- Job 47 questions
- Job 57 questions
- Job 67 questions
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- Job 87 questions
- Job 95 questions
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- Job 114 questions
- Job 126 questions
- Job 137 questions
- Job 144 questions
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Job 1 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 1 (KJV)
1. Where was Job from?
Job 1:1
- A. The land of Teman
- B. The land of Uz
- C. The land of Shuah
- D. The land of Naamah
2. How many daughters did Job have?
Job 1:2
- A. Seven
- B. Ten
- C. Three
- D. Five
3. Job was greater than whom?
Job 1:3
- A. The king of Egypt
- B. The kings of Canaan
- C. The princes of Edom
- D. All the men of the east
4. What did Job's sons do on their day?
Job 1:4
- A. They feasted in their houses
- B. They offered burnt offerings
- C. They tended the flocks
- D. They went out hunting
5. What did Job do when the days of their feasting were gone about?
Job 1:5
- A. He made another feast
- B. He sanctified them
- C. He rebuked them before everyone
- D. He travelled to the east
6. Why did Job sanctify his children after the feasts?
Job 1:5
- A. Because the priests commanded it
- B. Because his children asked him to
- C. Because it may be they had sinned and cursed God
- D. Because he feared losing his riches
7. Where did Satan answer the LORD that he came from?
Job 1:7
- A. From the bottomless pit
- B. From Job's house
- C. From the mount of God
- D. From going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it
8. Why did Satan tell the LORD that Job did not fear the LORD for nought?
Job 1:10-11
- A. Because the LORD had made an hedge about him and blessed him
- B. Because Job offered many burnt offerings
- C. Because Job feared his friends
- D. Because Job wanted to be king of Uz
9. What did Satan expect would happen if the LORD put forth his hand against Job?
Job 1:11
- A. That Job would flee to Egypt
- B. That Job would curse the LORD
- C. That Job would die of sorrow
- D. That Job would offer more sacrifices
10. What was the first tragedy Job suffered?
Job 1:13-15
- A. Fire fell from heaven on the sheep
- B. The Chaldeans took the camels
- C. The Sabeans slew the servants and took the oxen
- D. A wind struck the house of his children
11. To whom did Job's servant attribute the fire that fell from heaven?
Job 1:16
- A. The Chaldeans
- B. The Sabeans
- C. The sorcerers of the east
- D. God
12. Hearing all the bad news, what did Job do as he fell down upon the ground?
Job 1:20
- A. He worshipped
- B. He cursed his day
- C. He asked to die
- D. He blamed his servants
Notes
Job 2 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 2 (KJV)
1. Was there a cause for the LORD to destroy Job?
Job 2:3
- Yes
- No
2. Satan said a man would give all that he has for what?
Job 2:4
- A. For his riches
- B. For his children
- C. For his life
- D. For his honor
3. God allowed Satan to touch Job. What was the only thing he forbade?
Job 2:6
- A. To touch his goods
- B. To touch his wife
- C. To touch his friends
- D. To touch his life
4. With what did Satan smite Job?
Job 2:7
- A. With sore boils
- B. With leprosy in his hands
- C. With a burning fever
- D. With blindness
5. Who told Job to curse God?
Job 2:9
- A. Eliphaz the Temanite
- B. His wife
- C. His brother
- D. One of his servants
6. In all that Job said, did he sin in anything?
Job 2:10
- Yes
- No
7. When Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar heard what had come upon Job, what did they do?
Job 2:11
- A. They sent him money and cattle
- B. They mocked him from afar
- C. They told his brothers
- D. They came together to mourn with him and comfort him
8. Why did Job's friends not speak to him for seven days?
Job 2:13
- A. Because they saw that his grief was very great
- B. Because they were angry with him
- C. Because Job asked them for silence
- D. Because they waited for God to speak first
Notes
Job 3 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 3 (KJV)
1. What did Job curse?
Job 3:1-2
- A. His friends
- B. The day he was born
- C. His wife
- D. Satan
2. What did death represent for Job?
Job 3:13
- A. Punishment
- B. Fear
- C. Rest
- D. Defeat
3. In Job's time, were there already untimely births (miscarriages)?
Job 3:16
- Yes
- No
4. What does the servant find in death?
Job 3:19
- A. Freedom from his master
- B. His reward
- C. A new master
- D. Judgment
5. What came upon Job before he ate?
Job 3:24
- A. Hunger
- B. Sighing
- C. Sleep
- D. Joy
6. Why did what Job feared come upon him?
Job 3:25
- A. Because he had sinned against God
- B. Because his children cursed God
- C. Precisely because he feared
- D. Because his friends cursed him
Notes
Job 4 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 4 (KJV)
1. Did Job strengthen the weak hands?
Job 4:3
- Yes
- No
2. What was Job's confidence?
Job 4:6
- A. His fear of God
- B. His riches
- C. His children
- D. His friends
3. What do they that sow wickedness reap?
Job 4:8
- A. Riches
- B. Wickedness
- C. Peace
- D. Honor
4. Why does the old lion perish?
Job 4:11
- A. By the hunter's sword
- B. From drought
- C. For lack of prey
- D. From a serpent's bite
5. What made the hair of Eliphaz's flesh stand up?
Job 4:15
- A. Thunder in the night
- B. A lion that roared
- C. Job's voice
- D. A spirit that passed before his face
6. What was the first thing Eliphaz heard from the spirit?
Job 4:17
- A. Shall mortal man be more just than God?
- B. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
- C. Why died I not from the womb?
- D. Can a man be profitable unto God?
7. What did the LORD charge his angels with?
Job 4:18
- A. Rebellion
- B. Folly
- C. Faithfulness
- D. Sadness
Notes
Job 5 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 5 (KJV)
1. What kills the foolish man?
Job 5:2
- A. Pride
- B. Poverty
- C. Wrath
- D. Hunger
2. Does affliction come forth of the dust?
Job 5:6
- Yes
- No
3. Where does God set those that be low?
Job 5:11
- A. On high
- B. In the dust
- C. In the wilderness
- D. Behind the mighty
4. What does God disappoint in the crafty?
Job 5:12
- A. Their riches
- B. Their devices
- C. Their journeys
- D. Their harvests
5. If God corrects you, what are you?
Job 5:17
- A. Cursed
- B. Forgotten
- C. Happy
- D. Cast away
6. What should we not despise?
Job 5:17
- A. The riches of the wicked
- B. The counsel of fools
- C. The strength of the lion
- D. The chastening of the Almighty
7. In famine, from what will God redeem us?
Job 5:20
- A. From death
- B. From poverty
- C. From sickness
- D. From thieves
Notes
Job 6 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 6 (KJV)
1. Were Job's words rash?
Job 6:3
- Yes
- No
2. The things Job refused to touch, what did they become?
Job 6:7
- A. His wealth
- B. His crown
- C. His meat
- D. His refuge
3. Did Job lose hope?
Job 6:11
- Yes
- No
4. What did Job's brethren do to him?
Job 6:15
- A. They dealt deceitfully with him
- B. They defended him before his friends
- C. They gave back his flocks
- D. They took him to their house
5. Did Job know what his error had been?
Job 6:24
- Yes
- No
6. Which words are forcible?
Job 6:25
- A. Soft words
- B. The words of the elders
- C. Right words
- D. Many words
7. Did Job consider that there was iniquity in his tongue?
Job 6:30
- Yes
- No
Notes
Job 7 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 7 (KJV)
1. Job said he would speak in the anguish of what?
Job 7:11
- A. Of his spirit
- B. Of his body
- C. Of his house
- D. Of his friends
2. What was in Job's soul when he complained?
Job 7:11
- A. Peace
- B. Bitterness
- C. Joy
- D. Pride
3. What does God set upon man when he magnifies him?
Job 7:17
- A. His crown
- B. His sword
- C. His heart
- D. His law
4. Was Job a burden to himself?
Job 7:20
- Yes
- No
Notes
Job 8 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 8 (KJV)
1. Can the Almighty pervert justice?
Job 8:3
- Yes
- No
2. According to Bildad, when would God awake for Job?
Job 8:5-6
- A. When Job offered burnt offerings
- B. If Job were pure and upright
- C. When his friends prayed for him
- D. When Job died
3. Was Bildad's word in Job 8:7 prophetic?
Job 8:7
- Yes
- No
4. How is the person who forgets God like the grass?
Job 8:12-13
- A. It grows without measure
- B. It bears much fruit
- C. It moves with the wind
- D. It withers
5. Does God cast away a perfect man?
Job 8:20
- Yes
- No
6. According to Bildad, with what will the LORD fill Job's mouth?
Job 8:21
- A. With bread
- B. With laughing
- C. With lament
- D. With dust
7. With what will they that hate Job be clothed?
Job 8:22
- A. With joy
- B. With riches
- C. With shame
- D. With wisdom
Notes
Job 9 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 9 (KJV)
1. If a person hardens himself against God, does it go well with him?
Job 9:4
- Yes
- No
2. How many wonderful things has God done?
Job 9:10
- A. Without number
- B. Seven
- C. A thousand
- D. Twelve
3. What does God do with the proud helpers?
Job 9:13
- A. He makes them rich
- B. He brings them low
- C. He forgives them
- D. He honors them
4. Did Job believe God had multiplied his wounds without cause?
Job 9:17
- Yes
- No
5. Is God a man, as we are?
Job 9:32
- Yes
- No
Notes
Job 10 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 10 (KJV)
1. Why would Job leave his complaint upon himself?
Job 10:1
- A. Because his soul was weary of his life
- B. Because his friends asked him to
- C. Because he wanted to offend God
- D. Because he had lost his mind
2. What did Job want to understand from God?
Job 10:2
- A. How he created the heavens
- B. Why he contended with him
- C. When he would die
- D. Where his children were
3. What did God's visitation preserve in Job?
Job 10:12
- A. His goods
- B. His children
- C. His spirit
- D. His house
4. Did being righteous give Job the right to lift up his head?
Job 10:15
- Yes
- No
5. What would Job have to do for God to hunt him as a fierce lion?
Job 10:16
- A. Lift up his head
- B. Flee to the wilderness
- C. Curse his day
- D. Offer a sacrifice
Notes
Job 11 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 11 (KJV)
1. What is double the worth of riches?
Job 11:6
- A. Health
- B. Wisdom
- C. Children
- D. Fame
2. What cause did Zophar believe was in Job for God to punish him?
Job 11:6
- A. Poverty
- B. Youth
- C. Iniquity
- D. Ignorance
3. When will the vain man become wise?
Job 11:12
- A. When the lion eats straw like the ox
- B. When the sea dries up completely
- C. When the moon stops shining
- D. When a wild ass's colt is born a man
4. What happens to the eyes of the wicked?
Job 11:20
- A. They shall fail
- B. They shall see the light
- C. They shall be opened
- D. They shall weep for joy
Notes
Job 12 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 12 (KJV)
1. Who mocked Job?
Job 12:4
- A. His servant
- B. His neighbour
- C. His son
- D. A stranger
2. Job implies that the birds and the fishes understand that the LORD made them. True or false?
Job 12:9
- True
- False
3. In God's hand is the soul of whom?
Job 12:10
- A. Only of the righteous
- B. Only of kings
- C. Only of Israel
- D. Of every living thing
4. What is found in length of days?
Job 12:12
- A. Understanding
- B. Weariness
- C. Riches
- D. Forgetfulness
5. If the LORD breaks down, who can build again?
Job 12:14
- A. Kings
- B. No one
- C. The wise
- D. The elders
6. What does the LORD take away from the chief of the people of the earth?
Job 12:24
- A. Their lands
- B. Their children
- C. Their heart (understanding)
- D. Their crowns
Notes
Job 13 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 13 (KJV)
1. Is keeping silent sometimes wisdom?
Job 13:5
- Yes
- No
2. Is it right to accept persons on God's behalf?
Job 13:8-10
- Yes
- No
3. In Job 13:14, what does “put my life in mine hand” mean?
Job 13:14
- A. To risk his life trusting in God
- B. To flee from his friends
- C. To keep silent before God
- D. To sell all that he had
4. What would Job do even though God slay him?
Job 13:15
- A. Curse his day
- B. Turn away from God
- C. Trust in him
- D. Keep silent forever
5. Job asked God two things so he would not hide himself from his face. What was the first?
Job 13:21
- A. That he give him back his children
- B. That he give him long life
- C. That he punish his friends
- D. That he withdraw his hand far from him
6. What was the second thing Job asked God so he would not hide himself from his face?
Job 13:21
- A. That his dread not make him afraid
- B. That he heal his skin
- C. That he give him new friends
- D. That he give back his cattle
7. Did Job think God was punishing him for the sins of his youth?
Job 13:26
- Yes
- No
Notes
Job 14 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 14 (KJV)
1. What did God set bounds to concerning man?
Job 14:5
- A. His riches
- B. His words
- C. The days of his life
- D. His journeys
2. Even if a tree is cut down, what is left to it?
Job 14:7
- A. Nothing
- B. Its shadow
- C. Its fruit
- D. Hope
3. What would Job wait for all the days of his appointed time?
Job 14:14
- A. His release
- B. His death
- C. His revenge
- D. His riches
4. What happens to stones with the rushing water?
Job 14:19
- A. They multiply
- B. They wear away
- C. They turn to gold
- D. They harden
Notes
Job 15 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 15 (KJV)
1. What did Eliphaz say Job's mouth uttered?
Job 15:5
- A. His righteousness
- B. His wisdom
- C. His iniquity
- D. His joy
2. With what does the wicked man travail all his days?
Job 15:20
- A. Hunger
- B. Thirst
- C. Cold
- D. Pain
3. In what should he that is deceived not trust?
Job 15:31
- A. In vanity
- B. In truth
- C. In justice
- D. In the word of God
4. What will consume the tabernacles of bribery?
Job 15:34
- A. Water
- B. Fire
- C. The moth
- D. The wind
Notes
Job 16 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 16 (KJV)
1. What kind of comforters did Job consider his friends to be?
Job 16:2
- A. Faithful
- B. Wise
- C. Miserable
- D. Generous
2. Job hints to his friends that the purpose of words is to strengthen. True or false?
Job 16:5
- True
- False
3. Is it possible that Job 16:10 prophesies of what they would do to Jesus?
Job 16:10
- Yes
- No
4. Why was Job's face foul?
Job 16:16
- A. From fever
- B. From weeping so much
- C. From the desert sun
- D. From anger
Notes
Job 17 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 17 (KJV)
1. What happens to the children of those who speak flattery to their friends for a prey?
Job 17:5
- A. They shall be made rich
- B. They shall be kings
- C. Their eyes shall fail
- D. They shall live many years
2. Why was Job's eye dim?
Job 17:7
- A. From old age
- B. From smoke
- C. From the night
- D. By reason of sorrow
3. What will increase in him that has clean hands?
Job 17:9
- A. Strength
- B. Riches
- C. Sadness
- D. Pride
Notes
Job 18 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 18 (KJV)
1. What will happen to the light of the wicked?
Job 18:5
- A. It will shine brighter
- B. It shall be put out
- C. It will turn to gold
- D. It will hide in the sea
2. Does the king of terrors exist?
Job 18:14
- Yes
- No