- What problem is presented by the wording of Job 40:1? Have we heard from Job since Job 31?
- What is God’s final gibe (Job 40:2)?
- Contrast Job’s reply in Job 40:4-5 with his previous orations? Why does he speak so briefly?
- God, as it were, is now getting to the point. What is it (Job 40:7-14)? What is the nature of His challenge?
- Why does He return to the order of nature in the animal kingdom (Job 40:15)?
- What kind of animal is the behemoth? What is the more familiar form of this Hebrew word and what does it usually mean (Job 40:15)? Compare Genesis 6:7.
- Why is the behemoth called the “first of God’s works” (Job 40:19)? Compare Genesis 1:24.
- What do you make of the lengthy series of questions pertaining to the behemoth (Job 40:15-25)?
- What are the qualities of this animal that are emphasized here?
- What is the meaning of “And tie him down for your girls” (Job 40:29)?
- What is the warning with its subtle humor in Job 40:32?
