"Only Life Changes"

‘Job Chapter 19’

Then Job replied: “How long will you torment me and crush me with words? Ten times now you have reproached me; shamelessly you attack me. If it is true that I have gone astray, my error remains my concern alone. If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me, then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.
‘Everything is against him.’
“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice. He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness. He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head. He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree. His anger burns against me; he counts me among his enemies. His troops advance in force; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent. “He has alienated my family from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me. My relatives have gone away; my closest friends have forgotten me. My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner; they look on me as on a stranger. I summon my servant, but he does not answer, though I beg him with my own mouth. My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own family. Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me. All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me. I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth. “Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me. Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
‘Job says: “My Redeemer Lives”
“Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll, that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever! I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! “If you say, ‘How we will hound him, since the root of the trouble lies in him, ’ you should fear the sword yourselves; for wrath will bring punishment by the sword, and then you will know that there is judgment. ”

1. Who were vexing and tearing Job to pieces with their accusations?
2. Who had been the cruelest so far?
3. How many times did Job say they had reproached him?
4. They were viciously attacking Job’s _.
5. He reminded them that __ would pay for his own sins.
6. Why were they tearing Job down?
7. Job declared that the suffering he had endured was _____.
8. Who had Job been glorified by?
9. In verse 11, what hurt Job the worst?
10. Who were estranged from Job?
11. How had Job’s servants treated him?
12. Why had Job’s wife not comforted him?
13. What had those who Job loved done to him?
14. What was he asking for in verse 21?
15. What did Job desire would be done with his proclamation of belief?
16. I know that my redeemer __.
17. When shall he stand upon the earth?
18. Who was Job speaking of when he said redeemer?
19. What does “liveth” mean?
20. What great and glorious day was Job looking forward to?
21. What effect should the statement Job just made have on his accusers?
22. What sword was Job speaking of?
23. Why should they be careful how they judged?

One day an angel came to Mary and told her she was going to have a baby! The angel said she should name the baby Jesus. The baby would be the Son of God, the Savior. A long time ago, a woman named Mary and a man named Joseph were going to be married. Mary and Joseph were good people who did what God wanted them to do. One day an angel came to Mary and told her she was going to have a baby! The angel said she should name the baby Jesus. The baby would be the Son of God, the Savior. Mary and Joseph had to travel to a town called Bethlehem to pay taxes. The town was very crowded. So Mary and Joseph spent the night in a place where animals were kept. That night baby Jesus was born! A new star appeared in the sky. Shepherds were taking care of sheep in nearby fields. Angels came and told the shepherds that the Savior had been born. The shepherds went to find and worship the baby Jesus. Far away, Wise Men saw the new star. They knew it was a sign that the Savior had been born. They followed the star until they found Jesus. They gave Him presents and worshipped Him. After the Wise Men left ,an angel visited Joseph. The angel said a bad king wanted to hurt Jesus. The angel said their family should move to Egypt to be safe. Joseph, Mary, and Jesus lived in Egypt until it was safe to return to Israel. Jesus grew up in a town called Nazareth. He learned to be helpful, kind, and obedient. He learned everything that He needed to learn to be our Savior.

He always followed God’s plan for Him. At Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

Point to the pictures of these people, who were part of the Nativity story.

We can be like Mary and Joseph by doing what God wants us to do.

We can be like the shepherds and Wise Men by following Jesus Christ .

We can be like the angels by telling others the real story of Christmas.

And we can be like Jesus by following His example!

‘Job Chapter 18
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: “When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk. Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight? You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place? “The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning. The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out. The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down. His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh. A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast. A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path. Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step. Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls. It eats away parts of his skin; death’s firstborn devours his limbs. He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling. His roots dry up below and his branches wither above. The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land. He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world. He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived. People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror. Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God.”

1. What was Bildad angry about?
2. What did “hunt”, in verse 2, mean?
3. What does the author believe these friends have been to Job?
4. What was Bildad saying to Job, in a sense?
5. What did Job have every right to call his friends?
6. Why do you suppose God allowed them to attack Job?
7. What did Bildad accuse Job of doing in verse 4?
8. The light of the wicked shall be _ .
9. Why did Bildad speak to Job of all the things that would come to a wicked man?
10. Who was the darkness of the Light extended to in verse 6?
11. Bildad said that Job _ all of this upon himself by his sin.
12. What is the “gin” in verse 9?
13. What was verse 9 speaking of?
14. What are the two types of traps in verse 10?
15. Verse 11 was saying that Job had no _ of _.
16. What happens to a person when he does without food?
17. They thought Job’s illness would automatically lead to _.
18. Why did Bildad wish the worst for Job?
19. What was the tabernacle, in verse 14, speaking of?
20. What did Bildad say would rain down on Job’s house?
21. In verse 16, the roots were whom?
22. In the same verse, who was the branch?
23. Bildad was predicting that Job would not be __.
24. What is the actual truth about that?
25. Bildad believed that Job was chief among _.

“Byword: a person or thing cited as a notorious and outstanding example or embodiment of something.”
‘Job Chapter 17’
My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me. Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility. “Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me? You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph. If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail. “God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit. My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow. The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly. Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger. “But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you. My days have passed, my plans are shattered. Yet the desires of my heart turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near. If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness, if I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’ where then is my hope— who can see any hope for me? Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”

1. What was Job saying in verse 1?
2. What does “provocation” in verse 2 mean? Action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry, especially deliberately.
3. Who were the mockers of verse 2?
4. What was Job wanting from God in verse 3?
5. What would that mean, if he got it?
6. What did Job believe was the reasons for his friends not believing him?
7. When had the friends flattered Job?
8. They were __ friends.
9. God had made Job a __ of the people.
10. Why is he a by-word to our generation?
11. What does “tabret” mean? Tabrets are not only a beautiful adornment but also a powerful tool used in praise, worship and intercession. The word “tabret” is considered archaic term by modern-day Bible translators; however, the term is still found in the King James translation of the Bible. Other Bible translations substitute the word “tabret” with timbrel or tambourine.
12. Why was Job’s eye dim?
13. What is everyone astonished of about Job?
14. What is the least terrible thing we could call Job’s friends?
15. What will a righteous man do in the face of trouble?
16. How had Job’s attitude toward his friends changed?
17. Job had become so weary and had faced so much suffering, that he felt he was about to __.
18. If I wait, the _ is mine house.
19. What did he call corruption in verse 14?
20. When Job was at the height of despair, what question did he ask?

‘Job Chapter 16’
Then Job replied: “I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you! Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing? I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head at you. But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
‘Job Says God Shattered Him’
“Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away. Surely, God, you have worn me out; you have devastated my entire household. You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me. God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes. People open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me. God has turned me over to the ungodly and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked. All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target; his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground. Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior. “I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust. My face is red with weeping, dark shadows ring my eyes; yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure. “Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest! Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high. My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend. “Only a few years will pass before I take the path of no return.

1. What did Job call his friends in verse 2?
2. What do Job’s friends remind the author of?
3. Why did this friend think he had the right to judge Job?
4. How did Jesus prove that someone who is sick has not necessarily sinned?
5. What could Job have done to these friends, if they had been in his place?
6. The tongue is a _.
7. It can __ up or _ down.
8. What does “assuaged” mean? Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
9. Instead of comforting Job, his friends added to his _.
10. The pain was showing in his __.
11. What was tearing Job to pieces?
12. In verse 10, we see Job as a type of __.
13. Who allowed this attack of Satan on Job?
14. How could this have been easier for Job to endure?
15. What was the greatest loss that Job felt?
16. Job believed he suffered a Judgement of __.
17. The sackcloth had become Job’s __ garment.
18. The horn symbolizes __.
19. Job felt that he had hands and a __ heart.
20. Who was Job’s only true friend?
21. In verse 21, Job wanted a __ relationship with God

“Eliphaz Says Job Presumes Much”

‘Job Chapter 15’
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: “Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind? Would they argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value? But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God. Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty. Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you. “Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills? Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom? What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have? The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father. Are God’s consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you? Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash, so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth? “What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous? If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes, how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt, who drink up evil like water!

‘What Eliphaz Has Seen Of Life’

“Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen, what the wise have declared, hiding nothing received from their ancestors (to whom alone the land was given when no foreigners moved among them): All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him. Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him. He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness; he is marked for the sword. He wanders about for food like a vulture; he knows the day of darkness is at hand. Distress and anguish fill him with terror; troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack, because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty, defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield. “Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh, he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble. He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land. He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away. Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return. Before his time he will wither, and his branches will not flourish. He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms. For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit.”

1. Should a wise man utter vain _?
2. What was Eliphaz criticizing Job for?
3. He thought that God regarded it no more than He would the __ of the wind.
4. Eliphaz was saying that Job’s talk was ___.
5. What had he forgotten, when he made his statement against Job in verse 4?
6. Where did Eliphaz believe the evil words in Job’s mouth were coming from?
7. What did he say condemned Job?
8. What silly question did he ask Job in verse 7?
9. Hast thou heard the _ of God?
10. What was one of the most cutting things he said to Job?
11. What was the first indication that Job was not an elderly man?
12. How many children did Job have?
13. Who was, probably, the oldest of Job’s friends?
14. What was the solution Job’s friends had offered?
15. Eliphaz said that Job was rebellious toward God and too _ to admit his sins.
16. What, or who, are without spot or blemish?
17. How many of the angels followed Lucifer?
18. Which verse helps to date Job as a very early writing?
19. Why is the sinner afraid of the dark?
20. Verse 25 was an accusation that Job had __ God.
21. What was Eliphaz referring to in verse 28?
22. Verse 29 speaks of Job losing his _.
23. Eliphaz said that Job had deceived himself, how?
24. In verse 32, he was saying that Job will not grow __.
25. What did he call Job in verse 34?
26. What would happen to Eliphaz at the end?

¶ Job: Chapter 14

¶ Man, that is born of a woman,
¶ Is of few days, and full of trouble.
¶ He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down:
¶ He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
¶ And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one,
¶ And bringest me into judgment with thee?
¶ Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
¶ Seeing his days are determined,
¶ The number of his months is with thee,
¶ And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
¶ Look away from him, that he may rest,
¶ Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
¶ For there is hope of a tree,
¶ If it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
¶ And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
¶ Though the root thereof wax old in the earth,
¶ And the stock thereof die in the ground;
¶ Yet through the scent of water it will bud,
¶ And put forth boughs like a plant.
¶ But man dieth, and is laid low:
¶ Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
¶ As the waters fail from the sea,
¶ And the river wasteth and drieth up;
¶ So man lieth down and riseth not:
¶ Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake,
¶ Nor be roused out of their sleep.
¶ Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol,
¶ That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past,
¶ That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
¶ If a man die, shall he live again?
¶ All the days of my warfare would I wait,
¶ Till my release should come.
¶ Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee:
¶ Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
¶ But now thou numberest my steps:
¶ Dost thou not watch over my sin?
¶ My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
¶ And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
¶ But the mountain falling cometh to nought;
¶ And the rock is removed out of its place;
¶ The waters wear the stones;
¶ The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth:
¶ So thou destroyest the hope of man.
¶ Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth;
¶ Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
¶ His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not;
¶ And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
¶ But his flesh upon him hath pain,
¶ And his soul within him mourneth.

Questions:

1.      Man that is born of woman is of _______ ________, and full of trouble.

2.      What was Job speaking of in this verse?

3.      What is the normal life expectancy today?

4.      The flesh of man is not made to live ___________.

5.      What is man compared to in verse 2?

6.      How long do Eastern flowers generally last?

7.      How is a shadow like the flower?

8.      What was amazing to Job about God’s relationship with man?

9.      Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?

10.  The number of days and years of a man’s life are known only of _________.

11.  What happens when our flesh dies?

12.  In verse 6, what was Job asking for?

13.  How can a tree live again, after it is cut down?

14.  What is the ghost that man gives up at the death of his flesh?

15.  What is left when the flood goes away?

16.  What does the author want you to notice in verse 12?

17.  Even though Job died and was in the grave, what did he know God would do?

18.  If a man die, shall he live again?

19.  His body of flesh will give way to his _________ body.

20.  Who was the “work of thine hands” in verse 15?

21.  What was meant by transgressions sealed up in a bag?

22.  How is one way a mountain falls suddenly?

23.  What was Job comparing to the mountain falling suddenly?

24.  The never-ending washing of water over rock will do what to it?

25.  This never-ending pain of Job was doing what to him?

¶ Job: Chapter 13

¶ Lo, mine eye hath seen all this,
¶ Mine ear hath heard and understood it.
¶ What ye know, the same do I know also:
¶ I am not inferior unto you.
¶ Surely I would speak to the Almighty,
¶ And I desire to reason with God.
¶ But ye are forgers of lies;
¶ Ye are all physicians of no value.
¶ Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace!
¶ And it would be your wisdom.
¶ Hear now my reasoning,
¶ And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
¶ Will ye speak unrighteously for God,
¶ And talk deceitfully for him?
¶ Will ye show partiality to him?
¶ Will ye contend for God?
¶ Is it good that he should search you out?
¶ Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
¶ He will surely reprove you,
¶ If ye do secretly show partiality.
¶ Shall not his majesty make you afraid,
¶ And his dread fall upon you?
¶ Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,
¶ Your defences are defences of clay.
¶ Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak;
¶ And let come on me what will.
¶ Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth,
¶ And put my life in my hand?
¶ Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope:
¶ Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
¶ This also shall be my salvation,
¶ That a godless man shall not come before him.
¶ Hear diligently my speech,
¶ And let my declaration be in your ears.
¶ Behold now, I have set my cause in order;
¶ I know that I am righteous.
¶ Who is he that will contend with me?
¶ For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
¶ Only do not two things unto me;
¶ Then will I not hide myself from thy face:
¶ Withdraw thy hand far from me;
¶ And let not thy terror make me afraid.
¶ Then call thou, and I will answer;
¶ Or let me speak, and answer thou me.
¶ How many are mine iniquities and sins?
¶ Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
¶ Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
¶ And holdest me for thine enemy?
¶ Wilt thou harass a driven leaf?
¶ And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
¶ For thou writest bitter things against me,
¶ And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:
¶ Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks,
¶ And markest all my paths;
¶ Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:
¶ Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth,
¶ Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

______________________________

Questions:

1.      Job’s patience with his friends was growing a little ______.

2.      Many of the things they accused Job of he had __________ __________.

3.      What did Job tell his friends in verse 2?

4.      Who did Job desire to reason with?

5.      Is it a sin to reason with God?

6.      What did Job call his friends in verse 4?

7.      His friends had pretended to come to ________ him.

8.      What should they have done, instead of what they did?

9.      Who was verse 6 addressed to really?

10.  Who was asking the questions in verse 7?

11.  What were Job’s friends automatically assuming in verse 8?

12.  Job asked his friends of their own _________.

13.  Did they have a right to mock Job?

14.  Why had they become Job’s friends in the first place?

15.  Who is “his excellency”, in verse 11, speaking of?

16.  What does the reference to ashes, in verse 12, mean?

17.  Why did Job tell his friends to hold their peace?

18.  What was Job saying in verse 14?

19.  Job was placing his trust in ________.

20.  What was Job absolutely sure that God would do for him?

21.  Who was Job speaking to in verse 17?

22.  Who justifies us?

23.  What does “justification” mean?

24.  Job would take full ________________ for what he said to God.

25.  Who did Job think God might have to listen to him, rather than God, Himself?

26.  What two things did Job ask God for immediately?

27.  Why did he want those two things?

28.  What was verse 23 saying?

29.  What did a withered leaf and dry stubble have to do with Job?

30.  In verse 28, Job was speaking of what?

¶ Job: Chapter 12

¶ Then Job answered and said,
¶ No doubt but ye are the people,
¶ And wisdom shall die with you.
¶ But I have understanding as well as you;
¶ I am not inferior to you:
¶ Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
¶ I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor,
¶ I who called upon God, and he answered:
¶ The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
¶ In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
¶ It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
¶ The tents of robbers prosper,
¶ And they that provoke God are secure;
¶ Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
¶ But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee;
¶ And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:
¶ Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee;
¶ And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
¶ Who knoweth not in all these,
¶ That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,
¶ In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,
¶ And the breath of all mankind?
¶ Doth not the ear try words,
¶ Even as the palate tasteth its food?
¶ With aged men is wisdom,
¶ And in length of days understanding.
¶ With God is wisdom and might;
¶ He hath counsel and understanding.
¶ Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again;
¶ He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
¶ Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up;
¶ Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
¶ With him is strength and wisdom;
¶ The deceived and the deceiver are his.
¶ He leadeth counsellors away stripped,
¶ And judges maketh he fools.
¶ He looseth the bond of kings,
¶ And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
¶ He leadeth priests away stripped,
¶ And overthroweth the mighty.
¶ He removeth the speech of the trusty,
¶ And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
¶ He poureth contempt upon princes,
¶ And looseth the belt of the strong.
¶ He uncovereth deep things out of darkness,
¶ And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
¶ He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them:
¶ He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
¶ He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth,
¶ And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
¶ They grope in the dark without light;
¶ And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Questions:

1. What was the first sarcastic remark that Job had made?
2. Who did he make the statement to?
3. In verse 3, how did he compare himself to them?
4. Job said, he was as one _ of his neighbor.
5. They had accused him of __ God.
6. Job had fallen into _ by none of his own doing.
7. It, sometimes, appears to Godly people, that those who are living as robbers, and thieves are _.
8. What was Job using the beasts and the fowl, in verse 7, to prove?
9. In the _ God created the heavens and the earth.
10. It should not be strange to anyone that the of all the earth would rule over His __.
11. Somewhere, behind all the happenings upon the earth, is the hand of _ __.
12. Even the very breath we breathe is a __ from God.
13. Verse 11 is speaking of what?
14. How have the older people become wise?
15. What does understanding come from?
16. Who is the source of wisdom and strength?
17. _ builds up, and _ tears down.
18. What is a good example of that?
19. What is a good example of God bringing a flood?
20. All mankind is God’s __.
21. Only those who __ are His sons.
22. What must earthly judges keep in mind?
23. What is a modern disease that takes away the understanding of the elderly?
24. When did the king of Babylon fall?
25. When was death defeated for all believers?
26. What was a good example of God increasing the nations?
27. When the leader of the people is filled with confusion, the people wander as without a __.

Job Chapter 11
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, “Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a talkative man be acquitted? “Shall your boasts silence men? And shall you scoff and none rebuke? “For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.’ “But would that God might speak, And open His lips against you, And show you the secrets of wisdom! For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity. “Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty? “They are high as the heavens, what can you do? Deeper than Sheol, what can you know? “Its measure is longer than the earth And broader than the sea. “If He passes by or shuts up, Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him? “For He knows false men, And He sees iniquity without investigating. “An idiot will become intelligent When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man. “If you would direct your heart right And spread out your hand to Him, If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents; “Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral defect, And you would be steadfast and not fear. “For you would forget your trouble, As waters that have passed by, you would remember it. “Your life would be brighter than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning. “Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely. “You would lie down and none would disturb you, And many would entreat your favor. “But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last.”

Questions:

1.      Zophar had supposedly come to ________ Job.

2.      A multitude of words in Scripture is spoken of as _________.

3.      _________ was the worst of three friends.

4.      Job said that his doctrine was ________.

5.      Job was pure in _______ eyes.

6.      As terrible as the attack of Satan on Job had been, Zophar wanted it to be _________.

7.      Zophar thought that Job would have ___________, if he had any wisdom.

8.      In verse 7, Zophar says that Job would never measure up to what?

9.      Zophar was a _____________, not a comforter.

10.  What did the perfection of the Almighty fill?

11.  Who can hinder God?

12.  We must keep remembering that _______ gave Satan permission to attack Job.

13.  What was Zophar accusing Job of in verse 11?

14.  In verse 12, what was Zophar saying he believes?

15.  Why did he say that Job should put his wickedness far from him?

16.  When did Zophar say that Job could look to heaven for help?

17.  Zophar says that Job would not face the darkness of hell and the grave, if he would do what?

18.  What, that we read in verse 18, really would happen to Job?

19.  Did Zophar want this for Job?

20.  What was verse 19 speaking of?

21.  What would happen to the wicked?

22.  Who did Zophar think this wicked was?

23.  Who was really the wicked one?

24.  Who would have to pray for Zophar to save him?