Welcome to the Job 18 Quiz. In this chapter, the Shuhite confronts Job with stark truths about the fate of the wicked. Test your understanding of Bildad’s perspective and the poetic imagery he uses. After this challenge, continue your spiritual journey with quizzes like the Acts 10 Quiz, reflections such as Things to Do When Fasting and Praying, or encourage your prayer life with Men Ought Always to Pray.
Job 18 Quiz Questions and Answers
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Answer: C — Bildad the Shuhite responds to Job’s previous complaint.
KJV Reference: Job 18:1 – “Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said…”
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Answer: B — Bildad declares that the wicked’s security is temporary.
KJV Reference: Job 18:5 – “Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out…”
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Answer: B — It’s a nocturnal terror Bildad describes.
KJV Reference: Job 18:6 – “The stouthearted is terrified at the sight of adversity: the wickedest man is frozen with fear.”
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Answer: C — Bildad uses the fragile image of a spider’s web.
KJV Reference: Job 18:14–15 – “He is shaken from the security of the gathering…his confidence shall be rooted out as a twig.”
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Answer: D — He prophesies nothing lasting for the wicked.
KJV Reference: Job 18:18 – “He shall be no more remembered; also unto the wicked there shall be no evening, they shall give up the ghost.”
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Answer: C — Bildad describes God’s judgment falling like brimstone upon the wicked.
KJV Reference: Job 18:15 – “It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.”
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Answer: D — Confidence, representing his inner hope or security, is stripped away.
KJV Reference: Job 18:14 – “His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.”
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Answer: D — His legacy is erased and forgotten.
KJV Reference: Job 18:17 – “His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.”
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Answer: B — The wicked’s life and posterity are symbolically cut off.
KJV Reference: Job 18:16 – “His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.”
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Answer: C — Future generations will be amazed by his downfall.
KJV Reference: Job 18:20 – “They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.”
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Answer: B — A poetic term describing ultimate dread and judgment.
KJV Reference: Job 18:14 – “…and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.”
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Answer: C — Bildad proclaims that ruin will inhabit his dwelling.
KJV Reference: Job 18:21 – “Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.”
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Answer: C — Bildad notes that strength is no guarantee of security for the wicked.
KJV Reference: Job 18:7 – “The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.”
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Answer: A — Bildad gives a vivid picture of hidden destruction waiting for the wicked.
KJV Reference: Job 18:10 – “The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.”
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Answer: C — Bildad emphasizes the terror that surrounds the wicked.
KJV Reference: Job 18:11 – “Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.”
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Answer: C — The extinguishing of light symbolizes the end of the wicked’s influence and hope.
KJV Reference: Job 18:6 – “The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.”
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Answer: D — Bildad paints a picture of future generations being shocked at the sinner’s end.
KJV Reference: Job 18:20 – “They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.”
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Answer: B — He is constantly disturbed, unable to rest or find peace.
KJV Reference: Job 18:11 – “Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.”
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Answer: C — The wicked is violently removed, having no legacy.
KJV Reference: Job 18:18 – “He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.”
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Answer: D — A closing verdict on the destiny of the ungodly.
KJV Reference: Job 18:21 – “Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.”
Reflection: Read Job 18 aloud and reflect: “Is there any area of my life that mirrors the ways of the wicked described here?” Ask God to search your heart and light your candle anew. Then, write down one specific step you’ll take today to live in the light of God’s truth.
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