Contradictions Catalog of James 5:17
James 5:17 contradicts following 10 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of James 5:17 for quick understanding.
James 5:17: Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. [subject...: of the same nature, that is, a fellow mortal] [earnestly: or, in his prayer]
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 Kings 8:35 | When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: |
| 2. | 1 Kings 17:1 | And Elijah the Tishbite, [who was] of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. [Elijah: Heb. Elijahu: Gr. Elias] |
| 3. | 1 Kings 18:1 | And it came to pass [after] many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. |
| 4. | 1 Kings 18:2 | And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And [there was] a sore famine in Samaria. |
| 5. | 1 Kings 18:41 | And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for [there is] a sound of abundance of rain. [a sound...: or, a sound of a noise of rain] |
| 6. | 1 Kings 18:44 | And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare [thy chariot], and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. [Prepare: Heb. Tie, or, Bind] |
| 7. | Job 12:15 | Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. |
| 8. | Job 21:7 | Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? |
| 9. | Ecclesiastes 8:14 | There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity. |
| 10. | Matthew 5:45 | That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. |
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