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Satan was given permission to test Job further.

Job

The book of Job asks why good people suffer. Meet Job, his friends, and the powerful poetry that wrestles with faith, pain, and hope.

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Fascinating Fact:

Job’s three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, argue that suffering must be a punishment for wrongdoing.

In Specialist The Bible, Job is a book that explores suffering, justice, and what it means to trust God when life feels unfair. It uses a short story framework and long poetic speeches to examine big questions without offering simple answers.

Key Terms

Wisdom literature: Bible writings that explore how to live well, often through reflection, poetry, and big life questions.
Lament: An honest expression of grief or complaint, often spoken as a prayer.
Integrity: Doing what is right and staying truthful, even when it is difficult.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What is the book of Job about in the Bible?

The book of Job is about a man who faces severe loss and suffering, and it explores questions about faith, justice, and why hard things happen to good people.

Who is Job in the Bible?

Job is presented as a righteous man who experiences intense hardship. His story is used to explore how people respond to suffering and what trust looks like under pressure.

Is the book of Job a story or a poem?

Job includes both. It has a story-like opening and ending, but most of the book is poetic dialogue, where different speakers debate suffering, wisdom, and God’s justice.

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All quotations from the Bible are taken from the Authorised King James Version.

1 .

The Book of Job opens with God allowing the God-fearing and righteous Job to be tested by whom?

God allows Job to be tested by Michael

God allows Job to be tested by Gabriel

God allows Job to be tested by Raphael

God allows Job to be tested by Satan

Satan says that Job is only good because he has been blessed by God and that if he lost all that he had, Job would curse God.

Job 1:9-11
"Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face"

2 .

Satan was quick to test Job. In one day Job lost his oxen, his sheep, his camels, his servants and what else?

His wife

His horses

His children

His goats

Job, in his misery, tore his clothes and shaved his head, but still he did not curse God.

Job 1:20-22
"Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, and said,
Naked came I out of my mother’s womb,
and naked shall I return thither:
the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away;
blessed be the name of the Lord.
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly"

3 .

Satan was given permission to test Job further and he afflicted Job with what condition?

With boils

With blindness

With leprosy

With deafness

After Job's illness his wife told him to curse God, but still he would not.

Job 2:9-10
"Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips"

4 .

When Job's friends heard about his ill-fortune they came to comfort him. How many of them came?

2 of Job's friends came to comfort him

3 of Job's friends came to comfort him

6 of Job's friends came to comfort him

8 of Job's friends came to comfort him

They were Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar who all came from far away to visit their friend. A fourth man, Elihu, speaks later in the book, but receives no mention until chapter 32.

Job 2:12-13
"And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great"

5 .

Eliphaz speaks to Job about a revelation he had from God, delivered by what?

Delivered by an angel

Delivered by a dream

Delivered by the Books of Moses

Delivered by a prophet

Eliphaz says to Job that only wicked people suffer and the more one suffers, the more wicked one is. He says that this revelation came to him in the form of a dream.

Job 4:12-13
"Now a thing was secretly brought to me,
and mine ear received a little thereof.
In thoughts from the visions of the night,
when deep sleep falleth on men"

6 .

Job's friend Zophar promises that Job's troubles will cease if he puts away what?

His pride and self love

His idols of false gods

His wickedness and iniquity

His riches and wealth

Zophar says that Job's troubles are a punishment from God and that through repentance his suffering will end.

Job 11:14
"if iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles"

7 .

Job's friend Bildad says that his children died because of what?

Because of Satan's wickedness

Because Job sinned against God

Because of ill fortune

Because they sinned against God

Bildad says that God is just and that Job's children must have been punished for their sins.

Job 8:3-4
"Doth God pervert judgment?
or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
If thy children have sinned against him,
and he have cast them away for their transgression"

8 .

A fourth friend, Elihu, makes an appearance later in the Book of Job. He had not spoken until after all the others had finished, but instead had only listened. Why was this?

Elihu was younger than all of the others

Elihu was a servant of Job

Elihu was struck dumb

Elihu was a slave of Job

Job 32:6-7
"And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said,
I am young, and ye are very old;
wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
I said, Days should speak,
and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

Elihu disagrees with the rest of Job's friends and says that even the righteous can suffer

9 .

After the friends have finished their debate, God speaks to Job. The voice of God voice comes out of what?

God's voice comes out of a burning bush

God's voice comes out of a column of smoke

God's voice comes out of a whirlwind

God's voice comes out of a ball of fire

God does not explain the reason for Job's suffering but compares Job's weakness to God's majesty.

Job 38:4-7
"Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
declare, if thou hast understanding.
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest?
or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?
or who laid the corner stone thereof;
when the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"

Job replys to God, acknowledging His power and recognising his own lack of knowledge.

Job 42:3
"Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge?
therefore have I uttered that I understood not;
things too wonderful for me, which I knew not"

10 .

At the end of the Book of Job, Job has his health and his wealth restored. He also has 10 more children and is blessed with a long life. For how many more years did Job live?

Job lived for another 70 years

Job lived for another 100 years

Job lived for another 140 years

Job lived for another 200 years

Job lived long enough to see his great-great-grandchildren.

Job 42:16-17
"After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations. So Job died, being old and full of days"

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