Job 2: Group Study Handout

How to use: read Job 2 aloud together, then take the questions in order. One page is enough for an evening.

Overview

In Job chapter 2, the narrative continues as a celestial gathering occurs again. God commends Job for his integrity despite his immense suffering. Satan challenges God by suggesting that Job remains faithful only because he still has his health.

Key verse

“But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.”
Job 2:10 (WEB)

Outline

Job 2:1–2 Celestial Assembly and Challenge
Job 2:3–6 Job's Integrity Affirmed
Job 2:7–8 Job Afflicted with Sores
Job 2:9–10 Job's Wife's Temptation
Job 2:11–13 Arrival of Job's Friends

Discussion questions

What challenge does Satan present to God in v4?
In v13, how do Job's friends react to seeing his suffering?
Job's response in v10: what does this say about his view of God's role in both good and evil?
In v6, why does God allow Satan to afflict Job, but not take his life?
When have you faced a situation where maintaining integrity felt difficult, like Job in v10?

Go deeper

Passages that echo Job 2: Job 1, 1 Peter 5, Lamentations 3.

Before next time: read Job 3.