Job — Group study guide
Part 1 of 2 · chapters 1–18
Leader version
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
- Job 28 questions
- Job 36 questions
- Job 47 questions
- Job 57 questions
- Job 67 questions
- Job 74 questions
- Job 87 questions
- Job 95 questions
- Job 105 questions
- Job 114 questions
- Job 126 questions
- Job 137 questions
- Job 144 questions
- Job 154 questions
- Job 164 questions
- Job 173 questions
- Job 182 questions
Job 1 — Study questions
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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
Correct answer: B. The land of Uz
From Uz.
Job 1:1
2. How many daughters did Job have?
Job 1:2
- A. Seven
- B. Ten
- C. Three
- D. Five
Correct answer: C. Three
Three.
Job 1:2
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
Correct answer: D. All the men of the east
Greater than all the men of the east.
Job 1:3
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
Correct answer: A. They feasted in their houses
They held a feast.
Job 1:4
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
Correct answer: B. He sanctified them
He sanctified them.
Job 1:5
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
Correct answer: C. Because it may be they had sinned and cursed God
Because perhaps they had sinned and cursed God.
Job 1:5
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
Correct answer: D. From going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it
From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Job 1:7
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
Correct answer: A. Because the LORD had made an hedge about him and blessed him
Because the LORD had made an hedge about Job and had blessed him.
Job 1:10-11
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
Correct answer: B. That Job would curse the LORD
He expected Job to curse the LORD.
Job 1:11
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
Correct answer: C. The Sabeans slew the servants and took the oxen
The death of the servants.
Job 1:13-15
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
Correct answer: D. God
He attributed it to God.
Job 1:16
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
Correct answer: A. He worshipped
He worshipped.
Job 1:20
Notes
Job 2 — Study questions
Leader version
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
Correct answer: No
No, there was no cause.
Job 2:3
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
Correct answer: C. For his life
For his life.
Job 2:4
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
Correct answer: D. To touch his life
That he not touch his life.
Job 2:6
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
Correct answer: A. With sore boils
With sore boils.
Job 2:7
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
Correct answer: B. His wife
His wife.
Job 2:9
6. In all that Job said, did he sin in anything?
Job 2:10
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: No
No, he did not sin.
Job 2:10
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
Correct answer: D. They came together to mourn with him and comfort him
They came to see him.
Job 2:11
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
Correct answer: A. Because they saw that his grief was very great
Because they saw that his grief was very great.
Job 2:13
Notes
Job 3 — Study questions
Leader version
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
Correct answer: B. The day he was born
He cursed the day he was born.
Job 3:1-2
2. What did death represent for Job?
Job 3:13
- A. Punishment
- B. Fear
- C. Rest
- D. Defeat
Correct answer: C. Rest
Rest.
Job 3:13
3. In Job's time, were there already untimely births (miscarriages)?
Job 3:16
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Job 3:16
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
Correct answer: A. Freedom from his master
Freedom from his master.
Job 3:19
5. What came upon Job before he ate?
Job 3:24
- A. Hunger
- B. Sighing
- C. Sleep
- D. Joy
Correct answer: B. Sighing
Sighing.
Job 3:24
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
Correct answer: C. Precisely because he feared
Precisely because he feared.
Job 3:25
Notes
Job 4 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 4 (KJV)
1. Did Job strengthen the weak hands?
Job 4:3
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Job 4:3
2. What was Job's confidence?
Job 4:6
- A. His fear of God
- B. His riches
- C. His children
- D. His friends
Correct answer: A. His fear of God
His fear of God.
Job 4:6
3. What do they that sow wickedness reap?
Job 4:8
- A. Riches
- B. Wickedness
- C. Peace
- D. Honor
Correct answer: B. Wickedness
Wickedness.
Job 4:8
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
Correct answer: C. For lack of prey
For lack of prey.
Job 4:11
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
Correct answer: D. A spirit that passed before his face
A spirit passing before his face.
Job 4:15
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?
Correct answer: A. Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Job 4:17
7. What did the LORD charge his angels with?
Job 4:18
- A. Rebellion
- B. Folly
- C. Faithfulness
- D. Sadness
Correct answer: B. Folly
Folly.
Job 4:18
Notes
Job 5 — Study questions
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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
Correct answer: C. Wrath
Wrath.
Job 5:2
2. Does affliction come forth of the dust?
Job 5:6
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: No
No.
Job 5:6
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
Correct answer: A. On high
On high.
Job 5:11
4. What does God disappoint in the crafty?
Job 5:12
- A. Their riches
- B. Their devices
- C. Their journeys
- D. Their harvests
Correct answer: B. Their devices
Their devices.
Job 5:12
5. If God corrects you, what are you?
Job 5:17
- A. Cursed
- B. Forgotten
- C. Happy
- D. Cast away
Correct answer: C. Happy
Happy (blessed).
Job 5:17
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
Correct answer: D. The chastening of the Almighty
The chastening of the Almighty.
Job 5:17
7. In famine, from what will God redeem us?
Job 5:20
- A. From death
- B. From poverty
- C. From sickness
- D. From thieves
Correct answer: A. From death
From death.
Job 5:20
Notes
Job 6 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 6 (KJV)
1. Were Job's words rash?
Job 6:3
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Job 6:3
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
Correct answer: C. His meat
His meat.
Job 6:7
3. Did Job lose hope?
Job 6:11
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
It seems so, from what he says in Job 6:11.
Job 6:11
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
Correct answer: A. They dealt deceitfully with him
They dealt deceitfully with him.
Job 6:15
5. Did Job know what his error had been?
Job 6:24
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: No
No, he did not know.
Job 6:24
6. Which words are forcible?
Job 6:25
- A. Soft words
- B. The words of the elders
- C. Right words
- D. Many words
Correct answer: C. Right words
Those that are right.
Job 6:25
7. Did Job consider that there was iniquity in his tongue?
Job 6:30
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: No
No.
Job 6:30
Notes
Job 7 — Study questions
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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
Correct answer: A. Of his spirit
Of his spirit.
Job 7:11
2. What was in Job's soul when he complained?
Job 7:11
- A. Peace
- B. Bitterness
- C. Joy
- D. Pride
Correct answer: B. Bitterness
Bitterness.
Job 7:11
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
Correct answer: C. His heart
He sets his heart upon him.
Job 7:17
4. Was Job a burden to himself?
Job 7:20
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Job 7:20
Notes
Job 8 — Study questions
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Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 8 (KJV)
1. Can the Almighty pervert justice?
Job 8:3
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: No
No; Bildad's very question shows that he does not.
Job 8:3
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
Correct answer: B. If Job were pure and upright
If Job were pure and upright.
Job 8:5-6
3. Was Bildad's word in Job 8:7 prophetic?
Job 8:7
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes. See Job 42:10.
Job 8:7
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
Correct answer: D. It withers
It withers.
Job 8:12-13
5. Does God cast away a perfect man?
Job 8:20
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: No
No.
Job 8:20
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
Correct answer: B. With laughing
With laughing.
Job 8:21
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
Correct answer: C. With shame
With shame.
Job 8:22
Notes
Job 9 — Study questions
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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
Correct answer: No
No, it does not go well with him.
Job 9:4
2. How many wonderful things has God done?
Job 9:10
- A. Without number
- B. Seven
- C. A thousand
- D. Twelve
Correct answer: A. Without number
They are without number.
Job 9:10
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
Correct answer: B. He brings them low
He brings them low.
Job 9:13
4. Did Job believe God had multiplied his wounds without cause?
Job 9:17
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Job 9:17
5. Is God a man, as we are?
Job 9:32
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: No
No.
Job 9:32
Notes
Job 10 — Study questions
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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
Correct answer: A. Because his soul was weary of his life
Because his soul was weary of his life.
Job 10:1
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
Correct answer: B. Why he contended with him
Why He contended with him.
Job 10:2
3. What did God's visitation preserve in Job?
Job 10:12
- A. His goods
- B. His children
- C. His spirit
- D. His house
Correct answer: C. His spirit
His spirit.
Job 10:12
4. Did being righteous give Job the right to lift up his head?
Job 10:15
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: No
No.
Job 10:15
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
Correct answer: A. Lift up his head
Lift up his head.
Job 10:16
Notes
Job 11 — Study questions
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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
Correct answer: B. Wisdom
Wisdom.
Job 11:6
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
Correct answer: C. Iniquity
Iniquity.
Job 11:6
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
Correct answer: D. When a wild ass's colt is born a man
When a wild ass's colt is born a man.
Job 11:12
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
Correct answer: A. They shall fail
They shall fail.
Job 11:20
Notes
Job 12 — Study questions
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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
Correct answer: B. His neighbour
His friend.
Job 12:4
2. Job implies that the birds and the fishes understand that the LORD made them. True or false?
Job 12:9
- True
- False
Correct answer: True
True.
Job 12:9
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
Correct answer: D. Of every living thing
Of every living thing.
Job 12:10
4. What is found in length of days?
Job 12:12
- A. Understanding
- B. Weariness
- C. Riches
- D. Forgetfulness
Correct answer: A. Understanding
Understanding.
Job 12:12
5. If the LORD breaks down, who can build again?
Job 12:14
- A. Kings
- B. No one
- C. The wise
- D. The elders
Correct answer: B. No one
No one.
Job 12:14
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
Correct answer: C. Their heart (understanding)
Understanding.
Job 12:24
Notes
Job 13 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Job 13 (KJV)
1. Is keeping silent sometimes wisdom?
Job 13:5
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes, especially when one does not know or understand the matter.
Job 13:5
2. Is it right to accept persons on God's behalf?
Job 13:8-10
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: No
No, because God does not accept persons.
Job 13:8-10
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
Correct answer: A. To risk his life trusting in God
To risk his life; Job trusts God even if he dies: “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him” (v. 15).
Job 13:14
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
Correct answer: C. Trust in him
Trust in Him.
Job 13:15
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
Correct answer: D. That he withdraw his hand far from him
That God withdraw his hand from him.
Job 13:21
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
Correct answer: A. That his dread not make him afraid
That God's dread not make him afraid.
Job 13:21
7. Did Job think God was punishing him for the sins of his youth?
Job 13:26
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Job 13:26
Notes
Job 14 — Study questions
Leader version
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
Correct answer: C. The days of his life
The days of his life.
Job 14:5
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
Correct answer: D. Hope
Hope.
Job 14:7
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
Correct answer: A. His release
His release.
Job 14:14
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
Correct answer: B. They wear away
They wear away.
Job 14:19
Notes
Job 15 — Study questions
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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
Correct answer: C. His iniquity
His iniquity.
Job 15:5
2. With what does the wicked man travail all his days?
Job 15:20
- A. Hunger
- B. Thirst
- C. Cold
- D. Pain
Correct answer: D. Pain
With pain.
Job 15:20
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
Correct answer: A. In vanity
In vanity.
Job 15:31
4. What will consume the tabernacles of bribery?
Job 15:34
- A. Water
- B. Fire
- C. The moth
- D. The wind
Correct answer: B. Fire
Fire.
Job 15:34
Notes
Job 16 — Study questions
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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
Correct answer: C. Miserable
Miserable.
Job 16:2
2. Job hints to his friends that the purpose of words is to strengthen. True or false?
Job 16:5
- True
- False
Correct answer: True
True.
Job 16:5
3. Is it possible that Job 16:10 prophesies of what they would do to Jesus?
Job 16:10
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes. (See Isaiah 50:6.)
Job 16:10
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
Correct answer: B. From weeping so much
From weeping so much.
Job 16:16
Notes
Job 17 — Study questions
Leader version
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
Correct answer: C. Their eyes shall fail
Their eyes shall fail.
Job 17:5
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
Correct answer: D. By reason of sorrow
By reason of sorrow.
Job 17:7
3. What will increase in him that has clean hands?
Job 17:9
- A. Strength
- B. Riches
- C. Sadness
- D. Pride
Correct answer: A. Strength
Strength.
Job 17:9
Notes
Job 18 — Study questions
Leader version
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
Correct answer: B. It shall be put out
It shall be put out.
Job 18:5
2. Does the king of terrors exist?
Job 18:14
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Job 18:14