Contradictions and Paradoxes in Daniel 2:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Daniel 2:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Daniel 2:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Daniel, God showed Daniel a special dream to help him understand a secret. Daniel was very thankful and praised God for sharing this important message with him.

Daniel 2:19: Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 29:29

States that "the secret things belong unto the Lord our God," implying that such revelations or dreams are not for man to understand, while Daniel 2:19 shows God revealing a secret.

Deuteronomy 29:29: The secret [things belong] unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed [belong] unto us and to our children for ever, that [we] may do all the words of this law.

Contradiction with Proverbs 25:2

It suggests that it is the glory of God to conceal a thing, contradicting the revealment of mystery in Daniel 2:19 where a secret is shown to Daniel.

Proverbs 25:2: [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

Emphasizes that God's thoughts and ways are higher than man's, suggesting that such divine mysteries remain beyond human grasp, unlike the revealment in Daniel 2:19.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:17

Declares the incomprehensibility of God's work, suggesting that mysteries like the one in Daniel 2:19 should remain unknown to man.

Ecclesiastes 8:17: Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 2:11

Notes that no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God, contradicting the direct revelation to Daniel.

1 Corinthians 2:11: For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
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