1. Who did God address in verses 7-8?
Eliphaz and Job's two other friends Bildad and Zophar.2. What did God tell them that they did wrong?
They did not represent the words of God, "have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has."3. How many times does God refer to Job as his servant?
Three times in one verse!4. What did Job’s friends have to do to obtain forgiveness?
Each give Job seven bulls and seven rams to have Job sacrifice as a burnt offering for them and pray for their forgiveness.5. In what ways did God restore Job to how he was before Satan tried him?
Restored twice as much as he had before (14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 donkeys). All of his friends and family ate food in his house and consoled and comforted him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a ring of gold. Seven sons and three daughters, the most beautiful women in the land. After this, Job lived 140 years, and saw four generations of children and grandchildren.Review Questions
6. What excuses did Satan give for Job’s faithfulness? How did Job prove him wrong?
First he told God that He had greatly blessed Job and that is why he served God faithfully. After all had been taken away from Job, Satan stated that Job would curse God to his face if he had a skin condition. Job proved him wrong by never cursing God and remaining faithful through all of his trials.7. Did Job have a mediator before God? Did God hear him? How do we know?
Job did not have a mediator, he compelled directly to God for help. God heard him, but he did not respond to him until the end of his trials. We know God heard him because He corrected Job for his many accusations that God owed him an explanation for the his sin.8. Can you tell if a person is righteous by looking at their life or belongings?
Absolutely not. Job was accused of committing a great sin or sins by three of his friends simply based on what was physically happening to him. We know Job was faithful based on God's own confidence in him in verses one and two. We know that Job continued to remain faithful by God's restoration at the end of the book. But through it all, those who saw Job were sure he was a sinner.9. What can we learn from Job’s three friends? What did they do right? Do wrong?
We need to be careful about our accusing others of sin. God is the only one that knows all things and will weigh the hearts of men based on their actions in life. His friends needed to support and help Job to cope with his suffering, not continue to make accusations. What they did right was come to Job in his trials. We need to learn from this and not avoid our friends and brothers when they are suffering.10. Now that we have studied the whole book, what is the point of the book of Job?
As we started the book, I reviewed the message of each book included under the wisdom literature. Job is a great example of faithfulness through trials, even when everyone else has turned their back on him. A greater lesson is that we cannot possible know why things happen to us. Job was never told that his suffering was a result of Satan making accusations and God not letting it stand.
Note: Give Us A King, The United Kingdom, by Bob and Sandra Waldron and The Holy Bible, new King James Version, Reference Edition, Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.were used in preparing the comments in this post.
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