Job 8 quiz explores the first speech of Bildad, one of Job’s three friends. Bildad presents the traditional doctrine of divine justice: the wicked are punished, and the righteous are restored. But is his view correct? This chapter challenges us to discern truth from tradition when it comes to suffering and God’s justice.
If you’re enjoying this Bible quiz series, don’t miss other thought-provoking chapters like Mark 13 Quiz, Matthew 22 Quiz, and Mark 1–16 Quiz. You can also explore the wisdom-packed Book of James and the intense confrontation in Matthew 23.
Job 8 Quiz Questions and Answers
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Answer: C — Bildad the Shuhite (from shuah) begins his speech in Job 8.
KJV Reference: Job 8:1 — “Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,”
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Answer: B — Bildad asks how long Job’s words will be like a strong wind.
KJV Reference: Job 8:2 — “How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?”
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Answer: C — Bildad claims God will not cast away the perfect man nor help evildoers.
KJV Reference: Job 8:3 — “Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?”
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Answer: C — Bildad bluntly claims Job’s children were punished for their transgressions.
KJV Reference: Job 8:4 — “If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;”
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Answer: B — Bildad says Job should seek God and plead for His mercy.
KJV Reference: Job 8:5 — “If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;”
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Answer: C — Bildad says God will arise for Job and restore his habitation if he is upright.
KJV Reference: Job 8:6 — “If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.”
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Answer: C — Bildad believes God will bless Job’s latter end more than his beginning.
KJV Reference: Job 8:7 — “Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.”
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Answer: C — Bildad urges Job to ask the former generation and consider their wisdom.
KJV Reference: Job 8:8 — “For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:”
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Answer: C — Bildad compares man’s current understanding to a shadow.
KJV Reference: Job 8:9 — “For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:”
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Answer: C — Bildad compares the hope of the hypocrite to a reed that withers without water.
KJV Reference: Job 8:11 — “Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?”
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Answer: C — Bildad says the hope of the hypocrite shall perish when God takes away.
KJV Reference: Job 8:13 — “So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:”
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Answer: B — He says the hypocrite’s confidence is like a spider’s web—easily broken.
KJV Reference: Job 8:14 — “Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.”
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Answer: C — Bildad says the place of the wicked says, ‘I have not seen thee.’
KJV Reference: Job 8:18 — “If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.”
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Answer: C — He is like a green plant that flourishes in the sun but lacks lasting roots.
KJV Reference: Job 8:16 — “He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.”
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Answer: C — Bildad affirms that God will not cast away a perfect man.
KJV Reference: Job 8:20 — “Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:”
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Answer: D — Bildad says God will yet fill Job’s mouth with laughter, implying restoration.
KJV Reference: Job 8:21 — “Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.”
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Answer: C — Bildad emphasizes that while the righteous are rewarded, the wicked are cut off.
KJV Reference: Job 8:22 — “They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.”
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Answer: D — Bildad says Job’s haters will be shamed and destroyed.
KJV Reference: Job 8:22 — “They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.”
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Answer: C — Verse 21 expresses the hope that God will fill Job’s mouth with laughter and rejoicing.
KJV Reference: Job 8:21 — “Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.”
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Answer: A — Bildad ends by saying the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nothing.
KJV Reference: Job 8:22 — “…and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.”
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