Job — KJV Bible Study Guide
A free 10-lesson Bible study guide on job, drawn entirely from the King James Version. Each lesson opens with a study question, gives the verse reference, and offers a short teaching note. Use it for personal devotions, a small group, or a Sunday school class.
The 10 lessons
Lesson 1 · Job 1:1 (KJV)
From what land was Job?
Answer: Uz
Study note. There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job.
Lesson 2 · Job 1:8 (KJV)
How did God describe Job to Satan?
Answer: Perfect and upright
Study note. A perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil.
Lesson 3 · Job 1:2 (KJV)
How many sons and daughters did Job originally have?
Answer: 7 sons, 3 daughters
Study note. There were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
Lesson 4 · Job 1:20 (KJV)
What did Job do when he heard of all his losses?
Answer: Tore his clothes and worshipped
Study note. Then Job arose, and rent his mantle… and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped.
Lesson 5 · Job 1:21 (KJV)
What did Job say after losing all?
Answer: The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away
Study note. The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Lesson 6 · Job 2:7 (KJV)
What affliction came on Job's body?
Answer: Sore boils from head to foot
Study note. Smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Lesson 7 · Job 2:9 (KJV)
What did Job's wife counsel him to do?
Answer: Curse God, and die
Study note. Then said his wife unto him… curse God, and die.
Lesson 8 · Job 2:11 (KJV)
How many friends came to comfort Job?
Answer: Three
Study note. Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite.
Lesson 9 · Job 38:1 (KJV)
From where did God finally answer Job?
Answer: A whirlwind
Study note. Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind.
Lesson 10 · Job 42:12 (KJV)
How did God bless Job's latter end?
Answer: Twice as much as before
Study note. So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning.
Key verses to memorize
The passages this study returns to most often — pick one or two and commit them to memory this week.
Discussion questions
- Which lesson in this study surprised you the most, and why?
- How does job point us to Jesus Christ and the gospel?
- Pick one verse from the key passages above. How does it shape the way you will pray, read, or live this week?
- Who in your life could you share one of these truths with in the next seven days?