Job Chapter 41 Summary
God's challenge to Job concluded.
Discussion Questions for Job, Chapter 41
- How is the Leviathan described in this chapter? Why is it described to Job?
- What role does the Leviathan play in understanding Job's suffering? Why is it important?
- What does the Leviathan teach you about God’s wisdom and sovereignty?
- Job 41:5 - “Will you play with him as with a bird, or will you put him on a leash for your girls?” (ESV) What does this teach you about the character of the Leviathan?
- Job 41:8 - “Lay your hands on him; remember the battle—you will not do it again!” (ESV) What does the “battle” represent? Why do they remember the Leviathan when in it?
- Job 41:9 - “Behold, the hope of a man is false; he is laid low even at the sight of him.” What would make the hope of a man false? How does the hope of man compare to having hope in God?
- What is one word you would use to describe the Leviathan? Why?
- What does it mean for the Leviathan to “see everything that is high” and to be “king over all the sons of pride” (Job 41:34, ESV)?
- How does Job 41 challenge your view of human power?
- What does the Leviathan symbolize? What is God teaching about Himself through it?
Key Words/Phrase
Challenge, v. 1.
Characters
God, Job.