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Job Quiz

Test how well you remember the story of Job, from Job 1-2 and Job 38-42. Each question is answered directly from the passage, and the King James verse is shown with every answer. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!

  1. Who took Job's oxen and asses?
    • The Sabeans
    • The Moabites
    • The Philistines
    • The Egyptians
  2. What happened to Job's sheep?
    • They wandered into the wilderness
    • They died of thirst
    • They were stolen by the Chaldeans
    • The fire of God fell from heaven and burned them up
  3. How did Job's children die?
    • A flood swept them away
    • A plague came on the land
    • A great wind struck the house and it fell on them
    • An army attacked their feast
  4. What did Job say after hearing the news?
    • Why hast thou forsaken me?
    • The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away
    • I will curse the day I was born
    • Let me die with them
  5. What did Satan smite Job with?
    • Sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown
    • Leprosy in his hands only
    • A fever
    • Blindness
  6. What did Job's wife tell him to do?
    • Leave the land of Uz
    • Offer a sacrifice
    • Go to a physician
    • Curse God, and die
  7. How long did Job's three friends sit with him without speaking?
    • Seven days and seven nights
    • One night
    • Three days
    • Forty days
  8. How did the LORD answer Job?
    • Through an angel
    • Through Eliphaz
    • In a dream
    • Out of the whirlwind
  9. What was one of the first questions God asked Job?
    • Why hast thou sinned?
    • Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
    • Where are thy children?
    • What is thy name?
  10. How did the LORD bless Job at the end?
    • He made Job king of Uz
    • He gave back exactly what Job lost
    • He gave Job twice as much as he had before
    • He took Job up to heaven

Job Quiz Answers & Bible References

Every answer below, with the King James Bible verse it comes from — so you can look up each one for yourself.

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  1. Who took Job's oxen and asses?

    The Sabeans

    And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

    job 1:15 (KJV)
  2. What happened to Job's sheep?

    The fire of God fell from heaven and burned them up

    While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

    job 1:16 (KJV)
  3. How did Job's children die?

    A great wind struck the house and it fell on them

    And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

    job 1:19 (KJV)
  4. What did Job say after hearing the news?

    The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away

    And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

    job 1:21 (KJV)
  5. What did Satan smite Job with?

    Sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown

    So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

    job 2:7 (KJV)
  6. What did Job's wife tell him to do?

    Curse God, and die

    Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

    job 2:9 (KJV)
  7. How long did Job's three friends sit with him without speaking?

    Seven days and seven nights

    So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

    job 2:13 (KJV)
  8. How did the LORD answer Job?

    Out of the whirlwind

    Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

    job 38:1 (KJV)
  9. What was one of the first questions God asked Job?

    Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?

    Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

    job 38:4 (KJV)
  10. How did the LORD bless Job at the end?

    He gave Job twice as much as he had before

    And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

    job 42:10 (KJV)