Comprehensive Job 17 Quiz with Answers

Answer 1: A — Job opens the chapter with a solemn confession of decay and finality.
KJV Reference: Job 17:1 — “My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.”

Answer 2: A — Job laments the presence of those who ridicule him without ceasing.
KJV Reference: Job 17:2 — “Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?”

Answer 3: E— The statement affirms perseverance amid suffering.
KJV Reference: Job 17:9 — “The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.”

Answer 4: C — Job recognizes that his suffering has made him an object lesson and scorn.
KJV Reference: Job 17:6 — “He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.”

Answer 4: B — The verse contrasts false hope with prevailing gloom.
KJV Reference: Job 17:12 — “They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.”

Answer 6: D — The chapter closes with this solemn declaration concerning the grave.
KJV Reference: Job 17:16 — “They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.”

Answer 7: D — Job dismisses their counsel and declares their lack of wisdom.
KJV Reference: Job 17:10 — “But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.”

Answer 8: A — Job laments the collapse of his inward plans and reflections.
KJV Reference: Job 17:11 — “My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.”

Answer 9: E — Job speaks in figurative terms concerning death and decay.
KJV Reference: Job 17:14 — “I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.”

Answer 10: C — Job contrasts his former prominence with his present disgrace.
KJV Reference: Job 17:6 — “He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.”