Mark A. Copeland

C. JOB'S RESPONSE AND CONTRITION (42:1-6)
1. Job responds to God (42:1-3)
a. He acknowledges the power of God, Whose purpose cannot be withheld
b. He admits that he had spoken of things he did not know and understand
2. Job humbles himself before God in repentance (42:4-6)
a. In response to God's challenge to answer His questions, Job can only acknowledge that
he has now seen God
b. From what he has now seen and heard, he realizes his error and repents

REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR THIS SECTION

1) How does the Lord speak to Job? (38:1)
- Out of the whirlwind

2) What is the Lord's first question directed toward Job? (38:2)
- "Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?"

3) What challenge does God place before Job? (38:3)
- "I will question you, and you shall answer Me."

4) List the different things about which God asked Job in the first discourse (38:8-39:30)
- The creation of the earth and sea
- The morning dawn
- The springs of the sea, the gates of death
- The way of light, and place of darkness
- The weather, and the scattering of light and wind
- The stars and their constellations
- The floods
- The nourishment for lions and ravens
- The procreation of mountain goats and dear
- The freedom of the wild donkey, the strength of the wild ox
- The stupidity of the ostrich, the horse in battle
- The flight of the hawk, and nesting of the eagle

5) As God ends His first discourse, what does He say to Job? (40:1-2)
- "Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?"
- "He who rebukes God, let him answer it."

6) What is Job's response to these questions and God's challenge? (40:3-5)
- He acknowledges his unworthiness, and inability to answer
- He has spoken before, but will proceed no further

7) As God continues with His second discourse, what challenge does He repeat to Job?
(40:6-7)
- "I will question you, and you shall answer Me."

8) What four questions does He then ask of Job? (40:8-9)

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