Comprehensive Job 10 Quiz With Answers: Why Was I Born?

Answer: B — Job expresses deep sorrow and announces he will complain in bitterness.

KJV Reference: Job 10:1 — ‘My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.’

Answer: C — Job pleads with God to reveal why He is contending with him.

KJV Reference: Job 10:2 — ‘I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.’

Answer: B — Job questions the justice of God’s actions—oppressing him while blessing the wicked.

KJV Reference: Job 10:3 — ‘Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?’

Answer: B — Job asks whether God sees with human limitations.

KJV Reference: Job 10:4 — ‘Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?’

Answer: D — Job questions whether God’s timeline is like that of a mortal man.

KJV Reference: Job 10:5 — ‘Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,’

Answer: C — Job feels that God is scrutinizing him intensely for any wrongdoing.

KJV Reference: Job 10:6 — ‘That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?’

Answer: B — Job asserts that God knows he is not guilty of wickedness.

KJV Reference: Job 10:7 — ‘Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.’

Answer: A — Job uses the imagery of a potter forming clay to describe God’s shaping of him.

KJV Reference: Job 10:8 — ‘Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.’

Answer: B — Job pleads for God to remember that he was formed from clay, emphasizing human frailty.

KJV Reference: Job 10:9 — ‘Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?’

Answer: C — Job uses the striking image of being ‘poured out like milk’ and ‘curdled like cheese’ to describe God’s intricate formation of him.

KJV Reference: Job 10:10 — ‘Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?’

Answer: C — Job describes God’s formation of his body using the imagery of being clothed with skin and flesh.

KJV Reference: Job 10:11 — ‘Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.’

Answer: B — Job acknowledges that God originally gave him life and showed him favor.

KJV Reference: Job 10:12 — ‘Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.’

Answer: C — Job believes that despite granting life, God had deeper, hidden intentions.

KJV Reference: Job 10:13 — ‘And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.’

Answer: C — Job feels condemned and states that even if he sins, God will not acquit him.

KJV Reference: Job 10:14 — ‘If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.’

Answer: D — Job laments that even if he is righteous, he remains confused and troubled.

KJV Reference: Job 10:15 — ‘If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;’

Answer: C — Job compares God’s treatment of him to a lion stalking prey when he dares to lift his head.

KJV Reference: Job 10:16 — ‘For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.’

Answer: B — Job laments that God keeps bringing more accusations and witnesses against him.

KJV Reference: Job 10:17 — ‘Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.’

Answer: A — Job questions the purpose of his birth, considering the depth of his suffering.

KJV Reference: Job 10:18 — ‘Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!’

Answer: E — Job longs for nonexistence, saying he wishes he had been like one who never lived.

KJV Reference: Job 10:19 — ‘I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.’

Answer: D — Job pleads with God to let him be for a short time so he can find relief before death.

KJV Reference: Job 10:20–21 — ‘Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Before I go whence I shall not return…’