Job: Opening Scenes

Job lived in the land of _____.

Uz.

Select the characteristics influencing the style in which Job was written. a vast resource of knowledge a forceful and expressive Greek writing style a profound depth of thought a weak command of the language

a vast resource of knowledge a profound depth of thought

Job was smitten from head to foot with sore: cuts bruises scrapes boils

boils

Job's friends came to mourn and: help out pray encourage comfort

comfort

Job's wife caused him further suffering by telling him to: beg God for forgiveness curse God and die reject God and die pray and bless God

curse God and die

Satan accused Job of following the Lord only: for material gain for spiritual reasons out of a deep love for God out of fear of God

for material gain

Based on the assigned Scripture reading, of all Job's servants only __________ escaped to tell him about the tragic events of one day.

four

Satan was instructed by God to save Job's: family wife life flesh

life

Job was a patriarch who acted as a ________________ for his household, offering sacrifices on behalf of his children in the event that they cursed God.

priest

Select the possessions of Job removed from him by the first tragedy. sheep and cattle wife children servants health

sheep and cattle children servants

To show their concern for him, Job's friends: told him that everything would be okay tore their clothes sprinkled dust upon their heads sat down with him on the ground for seven days and said nothing offered him some of their oxen and servants to help him get back on his feet

tore their clothes sprinkled dust upon their heads sat down with him on the ground for seven days and said nothing

and west of the great desert in _____.

Arabia.

Care guidance of God.

Providence.

Based on the assigned Scripture reading, what did Job do when he heard the disastrous news? cursed God tore his clothes wept bitterly shaved his head worshiped

tore his clothes shaved his head worshiped

To perplex with surprise.

Confound

Interchange and discussion of ideas.

Dialogue.

Made speechless with amazement.

Dumbfounded.

a region at the south of _____.

Edom.

Job's friends who heard what happened and came together to visit him in his grief were named _____ . Eliphaz Bildad Zophar Enoch

Eliphaz Bildad Zophar

True or False. The vocabulary in the book of Job is very limited.

False.

True or False. The majority of the debate section in the book of Job is in prose form.

False.

How was God's favor given to Job according to the passage in Job 1? God strengthened Job's body God blessed the work of Job's hands God arranged circumstances so Job didn't have to work God increased Job's resources

God blessed the work of Job's hands God increased Job's resources

Which of these statements describe God's appraisal of Job? God's servant a wicked man unfaithful one of the finest men in all the earth

God's servant one of the finest men in all the earth

Select the things guarded by God's "hedge of protection," according to Satan's accusation of Job: Job himself all that he has on every side his house

Job himself all that he has on every side his house

Set apart as Holy again.

Reconsecrated.

To be reproachful in speech.

Revile.

Superior to all others.

Sovereign.

True or False. The content of Job reveals a vast resource of knowledge.

True.

True or False. A genuine interest in God's creation is revealed in the content of Job.

True.

True or False. The book of Job is one of the earliest Bible books written.

True.