Study
19 From the Book of Job is: Job 40:6 – 42:6. The Lord's second
speech and
Job's reply- God brings before Job two powerful wild creatures—the hippopotamus (40:15-24) and the crocodile (41:1-34). What does God intend that Job should learn from these animals? What questions does He ask Job?
- Job has been given no explanation of his sufferings. What brought him to the deep humbling and self-abasement described in 42:1-6?
Note.
'The point in these descriptions is the prodigality of Created Might'
(H.R. Minn).