2. Is Eliphaz correct when he says in Job 22:21: “Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you?”
3. How convinced is Job of his own righteousness?
4. What kind of injustices (economic and moral) does Job describe in chapter 24?
5. In Job 27:1-6, what is Job resolute about, and why?
6. What kind of things do people mine for in the depths of the earth, according to Job 28:1-11?
7. What wisdom does God impart to human beings (Job 28:28)?
8. In chapter 29, what does Job cite as evidence of his past righteousness?
9. In chapter 29, what does Job cite as evidence of his wisdom?
10. In chapter 30, how does Job describe his loss of respect?
11. In chapter 30, how does Job describe his physical symptoms and pains?
12. Job gives a stirring defense of his own righteousness as a summation of his argument in chapter 31. What sins does Job assert he refrained from?
13. Sometimes people profess to “feeling like Job” because of their suffering. On what grounds would you say that comparison is likely to be faulty? Name at least two.
14. How does Elihu feel about his wisdom (Job 36:4)?
15. God reviews his dominion over earth, sky, and sea, including the weather, the constellations, and the behavior of wild animals. Do any of these topics especially provoke a sense of awe and wonder within you?
16. What would you guess Behemoth and Leviathan are?
17. At the end of the book of Job, who is justified: Job or his friends?
18. Who would you say won the “wager” between God and Satan from the beginning of the book of Job?
19. Job receives back double in livestock for all that he had lost (Job 42:12-17), but the same number of children that he had before. Do you find any significance to this?
20. How do you think Job would feel about the conclusion that “all’s well that ends well?”
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