Review Questions 2 - Job 15 – 27 Answer the following questions. You do not have to use complete sentences, you can list or note. 1) How does Eliphaz view Job's attempts to justify himself? (15:2-3) He attempts to justify himself by having vacant knowledge, and unprofitable dialog. 2) In responding to Job's claim of innocence, how does Eliphaz describe man? (15:16) He describes man as “abominable and filthy, who drinks iniquity like water.” 3) In his description of how the wicked suffer, what point is Eliphaz making? (15:17-35) The point Eliphaz is trying to make is that suffering comes to the wicked, in other words, if you are suffering, it must be because you are wicked. 4) As Job responds to Eliphaz, how does he describe his three …show more content…
11) Who else does he feel has now forsaken him? (19:13-19) What does Job ask of his friends? Why? (19:21) While suffering, in what three things does Job affirm his faith? (19:25-29) He feels like his brothers, relatives, close friends, servants, his wife, and young children have forsaken him. Job asks his friends to have pity on him because the “hand of God has struck him.” The three things that Job does to affirm his faith are that his Redeemer lives and one day will stand on the Earth, that after death Job will see God, and that there will be a judgement. (Judgement day.) 12) As Zophar begins his second speech, what troubles him? (20:2-3) What does Zophar then describe? (20:1-11) What does Zophar believe concerning the wicked? (20:12-29) Hearing the reproof of Job troubles him. He then describes the short-lived triumph of the wicked. Zophar believes that the “sweetness of evil will become like a biter curse, like cobra venom” and that he will not be able to enjoy what he has collected. 13) In response to Zophar, what does Job say about the wicked? (21:7-26) While they may prosper in this life, what does Job know concerning the wicked? …show more content…
He promises that he will be built up, and all iniquity will be removed from him. 16) What does Job ask for as he begins his response to Eliphaz? (23:3) He asks him to find God that he might present his case to Him. 17) What is Job's response to Eliphaz' charge of wickedness? (23:11-12) And yet what does Job feel God has done to him? (23:16) His response is, “I have kept His way and not turned aside, I have not departed from His commandments.” Job feels as though God has made his heart weak, and terrified him. 18) In Bildad's final speech, how does he respond to Job's claim of innocence? (25:4-6) In replying to Bildad, what does Job ask him? (26:3) He responds by saying, “how can a man be righteous before God, who is no more than a worm in comparison?” Job asks him, “How have you counseled one who has no wisdom?” 19) As Job continues his discourse, what does he steadfastly maintain? (27:5-6) Job maintains his righteousness, integrity, and clear conscience. 20) What does he then describe to his three friends? (27:13-23) He describes the true portion of a wicked man with