Bible
Quiz – JOB (Who said to Whom)
“Who Said to Whom?” — From
Familiar to Unforgiving
The Book of Job is one of the most
linguistically rich and theologically complex books in Scripture. Its poetry,
repeated themes, and overlapping vocabulary often make it difficult to identify
who is speaking, to whom, and from which book a verse truly comes.
This quiz series is designed to
move far beyond surface-level familiarity. Each section progressively tests
your textual memory, speaker recognition, and discernment across wisdom
literature.
By the final rounds, guessing
will fail. Only close readers will remain standing.
🧩 How the Quiz Is Structured
The quiz is divided into multiple
escalating sections, each designed with a specific difficulty and purpose.
🔹 Section 1: Standard “Who Said to Whom?”
Difficulty: Moderate
Focus:
Identify the speaker
Identify the hearer
Recognize well-known verses from
Job
This section helps readers warm
up and build confidence with familiar passages.
🔹 Section 2: EXTREME “No Hints” Round
Difficulty: High
Rules:
No speaker names
No contextual clues
Only the verse text
You must rely entirely on memory and
stylistic recognition. Many verses sound similar across Job’s speakers — that
similarity is intentional.
🔹 Section 3: DOUBLE-DECOY Round
Difficulty: Very High
Twist:
Two verses are NOT from Job
Decoys are drawn from books with
similar tone and theology
Participants must now determine
both the speaker and whether the verse even belongs in Job.
🔹 Section 4: TRIPLE-DECOY “Scholar Trap”
Difficulty: Extreme
Designed For:
Teachers
Seminary students
Long-time Bible readers
This round punishes
assumption-based answering. Familiar themes like suffering, vanity,
righteousness, and mortality appear across books — only exact recall succeeds.
🔹 Section 5: Job vs Ecclesiastes vs Psalms MEGA-TRAP
Difficulty: Brutal
Challenge:
Identify the correct book among
three wisdom traditions
Recognize subtle tonal
differences between lament, reflection, and worship
One cross-canon verse appears to
break category assumptions
This section tests
wisdom-literature mastery, not general Bible knowledge.
🔹 Final Section: The UNFORGIVING ROUND (5 Decoys)
Difficulty: Maximum
Warning:
Five verses are not from Job
No patterns
No safe guesses
This is intended as a
championship or final exam round. Many will score zero. That is expected.
📌 Instructions for Participants
Read each verse slowly
Identify:
Speaker
Hearer
Book (Job or Not Job)
Avoid answering based on theme
alone
Assume nothing — every verse is a
potential trap
Check answers only after
completing the entire section
The Book
of Job rewards patience, precision, and humility — and so does this quiz.
If you score highly in the later
rounds, you’re not just familiar with Job — you know it.
Bible Quiz – JOB (Who said to Whom)
1. “The
LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”
Who said
this, and to whom?
Answer:
✔ Job said
this about the LORD (spoken aloud in response to his losses)
Reference:
📍 Job 1:21
“And said, Naked came I out of my
mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD
hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”
2. “Curse
God, and die.”
Who said
this, and to whom?
Answer:
✔ Job’s
wife said this to Job
Reference:
📍 Job 2:9
“Then said his wife unto him,
Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.”
3. “Shall
we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?”
Who said
this, and to whom?
Answer:
✔ Job said
this to his wife
Reference:
📍 Job 2:10
“But he said unto her, Thou
speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at
the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?”
4.
“Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent?”
Who said
this, and to whom?
Answer:
✔ Eliphaz
the Temanite said this to Job
Reference:
📍 Job 4:7
“Remember, I pray thee, who ever
perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?”
5. “If
thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee.”
Who said
this, and to whom?
Answer:
✔ Bildad
the Shuhite said this to Job
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.”
6. “Know
therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.”
Who said
this, and to whom?
Answer:
✔ Zophar
the Naamathite said this to Job
Reference:
📍 Job 11:6
“And that he would shew thee the
secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that
God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.”
7. “I
know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon
the earth.”
Who said
this, and to whom?
Answer:
✔ Job
declared this to his friends (and all who heard)
Reference:
📍 Job 19:25
“For I know that my redeemer
liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:”
8. “Where
wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?”
Who said
this, and to whom?
Answer:
✔ The LORD
said this to Job
Reference:
📍 Job 38:4
“Where wast thou when I laid the
foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.”
9. “I
have uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me.”
Who said
this, and to whom?
Answer:
✔ Job said
this to the LORD
Reference:
📍 Job 42:3
“Who is he that hideth counsel
without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too
wonderful for me, which I knew not.”
10. “Ye
have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.”
Who said
this, and to whom?
Answer:
✔ The LORD
said this to Eliphaz (about Job’s friends)
Reference:
📍 Job 42:7
“And it was so, that after the
LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My
wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not
spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.”
🔥 EXTREME “NO HINTS”
ROUND – JOB
🔒 Rules for this round
No speaker names given
No context clues
Only the verse itself
Designed to challenge scholars,
teachers, and long-time Bible readers
1.
“Let the
day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a
man child conceived.”
2.
“Can that
which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of
an egg?”
3.
“If thou
prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him.”
4.
“How
forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?”
5.
“Should a
wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?”
6.
“I know it
is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?”
7.
“Where is
he that is born King of the Jews?”
(⚠️
Carefully read before answering)
8.
“Where
wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast
understanding.”
9.
“Shall
mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?”
10.
“I have
heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.”
✅ ANSWERS & COMPLETE REFERENCES
1.
Speaker → Hearer: Job (spoken aloud)
📍 Job 3:3
2.
Speaker → Hearer: Job → His friends
📍 Job 6:6
3.
Speaker → Hearer: Zophar → Job
📍 Job 11:13
4.
Speaker → Hearer: Job → His friends
📍 Job 6:25
5.
Speaker → Hearer: Eliphaz → Job
📍 Job 15:2
6.
Speaker → Hearer: Job (general reflection)
📍 Job 9:2
7.
❌ TRICK
QUESTION — NOT FROM JOB
Correct Identification:
✔ Spoken
by the wise men
📍 Matthew 2:2
(This verse is intentionally
planted to expose assumption-based answering.)
8.
Speaker → Hearer: The LORD → Job
📍 Job 38:4
9.
Speaker → Hearer: Eliphaz → Job
📍 Job 4:17
10.
Speaker → Hearer: Job → The LORD
📍 Job 42:5
🧠 WHY THIS ROUND IS EXTREME
✔ No names
✔ Similar
vocabulary across speakers
✔ Embedded
cross-testament decoy
✔ Requires
deep familiarity, not guesswork
EXTREME DOUBLE-DECOY ROUND
⚠️ Warning for Participants:
This round contains TWO verses
that are NOT from Job.
No hints. No speaker names. No
mercy.
Who Said
It? To Whom? And Is It Even in Job?
1.
“Man that
is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.”
2.
“Is not
thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?”
3.
“Canst
thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto
perfection?”
4.
“Wherefore
do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?”
5.
“The fear
of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.”
6.
“Though
he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before
him.”
7.
“The LORD
is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.”
8.
“Behold,
these are the wicked, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.”
9.
“Hast
thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?”
10.
“I know
that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from
thee.”
✅ ANSWERS & COMPLETE REFERENCES
1.
Speaker → Hearer: Job (general lament)
📍 Job 14:1
2.
Speaker → Hearer: Eliphaz → Job
📍 Job 22:5
3.
Speaker → Hearer: Zophar → Job
📍 Job 11:7
4.
Speaker → Hearer: Job → His friends
📍 Job 21:7
5.
Speaker → Hearer: The LORD (narrative conclusion)
📍 Job 28:28
6.
Speaker → Hearer: Job (confession of faith)
📍 Job 13:15
7.
❌ DECOY #1
— NOT FROM JOB
Correct Reference:
📍 Psalm 103:8
8.
❌ DECOY #2
— NOT FROM JOB
Correct Reference:
📍 Psalm 73:12
9.
Speaker → Hearer: The LORD → Job
📍 Job 40:9
10.
Speaker → Hearer: Job → The LORD
📍 Job 42:2
🧠 WHY THIS ROUND IS BRUTAL
✔ Psalms
verses mimic Job’s theology & tone
✔ No
structural clues
✔ Requires
book-level memory, not theme recognition
✔ Punishes
assumption-based answering
☠️ TRIPLE-DECOY “SCHOLAR
TRAP” ROUND – JOB
⚠️ Warning:
This round hides THREE verses
that are NOT from Job.
All decoys are chosen because
they sound like Job, share vocabulary, or echo Job’s theology.
Who Said
It? To Whom? Is It Even Job?
1.
“All flesh
shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.”
2.
“For what
is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”
3.
“I was at
ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and
shaken me to pieces.”
4.
“For
there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.”
5.
“He hath
stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.”
6.
“If I
justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me.”
7.
“Man is
like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.”
8.
“Shall
mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?”
9.
“Wilt
thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be
righteous?”
10.
“I abhor
myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
✅ ANSWERS & COMPLETE REFERENCES
1.
Speaker → Hearer: Elihu (general observation)
📍 Job 34:15
2.
❌ DECOY #1
— NOT FROM JOB
Correct Reference:
📍 Matthew 16:26
3.
Speaker → Hearer: Job → His friends
📍 Job 16:12
4.
❌ DECOY #2
— NOT FROM JOB
Correct Reference:
📍 Ecclesiastes 7:20
5.
Speaker → Hearer: Job (lament)
📍 Job 19:9
6.
Speaker → Hearer: Job (self-reflection)
📍 Job 9:20
7.
❌ DECOY #3
— NOT FROM JOB
Correct Reference:
📍 Psalm 144:4
8.
Speaker → Hearer: Eliphaz → Job
📍 Job 4:17
9.
Speaker → Hearer: The LORD → Job
📍 Job 40:8
10.
Speaker → Hearer: Job → The LORD
📍 Job 42:6
🧠 WHY THIS ROUND TRAPS SCHOLARS
✔ Decoys mirror Job’s diction (vanity, dust, righteousness, judgment)
✔ Cross-genre overlap (Gospel, Wisdom, Psalms)
✔ Forces precise canonical memory, not theology recognition
✔ Even verse-quoters get caught
☠️ MEGA-TRAP ROUND
JOB vs ECCLESIASTES vs PSALMS
Identify the Book, Speaker (if possible), and Context
⚠️ Ultra-Scholar Warning
Verses are interwoven across
three wisdom books
Vocabulary, tone, and theology
deliberately overlap
Expect lament vs reflection vs
worship confusion
No hints. No mercy.
🔥 QUESTIONS
1.
“Man that
is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.”
2.
“I said
in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest
them.”
3.
“Wherefore
doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very
treacherously?”
4.
“For all
is vanity and vexation of spirit.”
5.
“I have
seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.”
6.
“Behold,
these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.”
7.
“There is
one event unto the righteous, and to the wicked.”
8.
“My days
are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.”
9.
“Where is
he that is born King of the Jews?”
10.
“So
foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.”
11.
“Better
is sorrow than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is
made better.”
12.
“They
spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.”
✅ ANSWERS & REFERENCES
(Read
slowly — this is where confidence dies)
1.
📘 Job
Speaker: Job
📍 Job 14:1
2.
📕 Ecclesiastes
Speaker: The Preacher (Qoheleth)
📍 Ecclesiastes 3:18
3.
📘 Job
Speaker: Job
📍 Job 12:1 (cf. 12:6 for prosperity theme)
4.
📕 Ecclesiastes
📍 Ecclesiastes 1:14
5.
📘 Job
Speaker: Eliphaz
📍 Job 5:3
6.
📗 Psalms
Speaker: Asaph
📍 Psalm 73:12
7.
📕 Ecclesiastes
📍 Ecclesiastes 9:2
8.
📘 Job
📍 Job 7:6
9.
❌
CROSS-CANON TRAP (NOT WISDOM LITERATURE)
📍 Matthew 2:2
(Inserted to punish book-category
assumption.)
10.
📗 Psalms
📍 Psalm 73:22
11.
📕 Ecclesiastes
📍 Ecclesiastes 7:3
12.
📘 Job
📍 Job 21:13
🧠 WHY THIS MEGA-TRAP IS DEVASTATING
✔ Same themes: vanity, injustice, prosperity of the wicked
✔ Same vocabulary: man, days, wealth, trouble, end
✔ Psalms masquerade as lament
✔ Ecclesiastes masquerades as Job
✔ Job masquerades as universal wisdom
✔ One Gospel landmine to shatter overconfidence
“Unforgiving Round” (5 decoys)
WARNING
This is the UNFORGIVING ROUND.
It contains FIVE DECOYS — verses
that do not belong to Job but are crafted to sound indistinguishable from it.
No hints.
No category clues.
No mercy.
Identify
the Speaker → Hearer → Book (Job or NOT Job)
🔥 QUESTIONS
1.
“My
breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.”
2.
“For in
much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.”
3.
“Shall
the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a
law?”
4.
“I am a
stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.”
5.
“He will
surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country.”
6.
“Wherefore
is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul?”
7.
“There is
no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of
things that are to come.”
8.
“My days
are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.”
9.
“Behold,
all is vanity and vexation of spirit.”
10.
“They
that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”
✅ ANSWERS & COMPLETE REFERENCES
1.
📘 Job
Speaker: Job
📍 Job 17:1
2.
❌ DECOY #1
— NOT JOB
📕 Ecclesiastes 1:18
3.
❌ DECOY #2
— NOT JOB
📗 Psalm 94:20
4.
❌ DECOY #3
— NOT JOB
📗 Psalm 39:12
5.
❌ DECOY #4
— NOT JOB
📘❌ Isaiah 22:17–18
(Prophetic diction disguised as
lament.)
6.
📘 Job
Speaker: Job
📍 Job 3:20
7.
❌ DECOY #5
— NOT JOB
📕 Ecclesiastes 1:11
8.
📘 Job
Speaker: Job
📍 Job 17:11
9.
📕❌ Ecclesiastes
📍 Ecclesiastes 1:14
10.
📗❌ Psalms
📍 Psalm 126:5
🧠 WHY THIS ROUND IS UNFORGIVING
✔ Five decoys across Psalms, Ecclesiastes, Isaiah
✔ Identical lament vocabulary
✔ Emotional tone overrules genre instincts
✔ Even verse-memorisers fail without exact recall
✔ Designed to end tournaments
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