Job 38-41

THE LORD QUESTIONS JOB

God’s First Speech (38:1-3)
A. Notice He answers Job V. 1a
B. Notice He speaks ‘out of the storm’ V. 1b
C. Notice His first words are rebuke V. 2
D. Notice He reverses the roles V. 3

Questions to broaden your perspective (38:4-39:30)
1. Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? 38:4
2. Who marked off its dimensions? V. 5
3. Who stretched a measuring line across it? V. 5
4. On what were its footings set? V. 6
5. Who laid its cornerstone? V. 6-7
6. Who shut up the sea behind doors? V. 8-11
7. Have you ever given orders to the morning? V. 12-15
8. Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep? V. 16
9. Have the gates of death been shown to you? V. 17
10. Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? V. 18
11. What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside? V. 19
12. Can you take them to their places? V. 20-21
13. Have you entered the storehouses of the snow? V. 22-23
14. What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed? V. 24
15. Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm? V. 25-27
16. Does the rain have a father? V. 28
17. From whose womb comes the ice? V. 29-30
18. Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons? V. 31-32
19. Do you know the laws of the heavens? V. 33
20. Can you set up God's dominion over the earth? V. 33
21. Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water? V. 34
22. Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? V. 35
23. Who endowed the heart with wisdom or gave understanding to the mind? V. 36
24. Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? V. 37
25. Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens? V. 37-38
26. Do you hunt the prey for the lioness? V. 39-40
27. Who provides food for the raven? V. 41
28. Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? 39:1-4
29. Who let the wild donkey go free? V. 5-8
30. Will the wild ox consent to serve you? V. 9-12
31. Do you give the horse his strength or clothe his neck with a flowing mane? V. 19-25
32. Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom? V. 26-30

Job’s First Answer (40:1-7)
1. I am unworthy
2. I cannot answer

Job’s Second Answer (42:1-6)
1. You are worthy
2. I was wrong
3. I have listened
4. I repent

God’s Second Speech (40:8-41:38)
1. Are you God (40:8-14)
2. Look at the Behemoth (40:15-24)
3. Look at the Leviathan (41:1-34)