Job 38-40
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What I Noticed Today (Job 38-40)
Job 38-41
At last Job’s request for God to answer him is fulfilled. In Job 38-41 God asks Job a series of more than 70 questions, none of which Job can answer.
Job 38-40
The Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind and His rebuke of Job is harsh (vv. 2-3).
- Job 38:4-21. God asks Job a series of questions about the formation and control of the earth.
- Job 38:22-30. God asks Job a series of questions about the sky; snow, hail, rain and ice.
- Job 38:31-38. God asks Job a series of questions about the clouds and stars.
- Job 38:39-39:30. God asks Job a series of questions about 12 different kinds of animals; 6 beasts, 5 birds, and an insect.
- Job 40:1-2. God began with a rebuke and a challenge (Job 38:1-3) and concludes with a rebuke and a challenge (Job 40:1-2).
Job responds to God admitting his insignificance in the scheme of the world, and his inability to answer any of God’s questions (Job 40:3-5).
As with God’s first speech, His second speech also begins with a challenge (Job 40:6-7), and a rebuke (Job 40:8-14). Then God continues with His questions:
- Job 40:15-41:34. God zooms in asking Job specifically about two animals; Behemoth and Leviathan.
Some thoughts for additional consideration:
- Through all these questions Job finally realizes how little he knows about God and God’s creation. Job can’t answer the least of God’s questions so who does he think he is to demand answers from God? We will see a very different Job when we get to Job 42 and his response to God.
- We stomp our feet like petulant children demanding answers of God, and it would be wise for us to remember God is God, and we are not!
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