Contradictions and Paradoxes in Daniel 2:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Daniel 2:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Daniel 2:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Daniel, this verse means he is thanking God for giving him the wisdom and strength to understand something important that the king needed to know. Daniel is grateful because God answered his prayers and helped him.

Daniel 2:23: I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast [now] made known unto us the king's matter.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

Daniel 2:23 expresses gratitude for wisdom and might given by God, while Proverbs 3:5 advises trusting in the Lord with all your heart and not relying on your own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:7

Daniel 2:23 gives thanks for prayers being answered, whereas Matthew 6:7 warns against using vain repetitions in prayer, suggesting that not all prayers are answered simply by persistence.

Matthew 6:7: But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:17

Daniel 2:23 acknowledges understanding given by God, while Ecclesiastes 8:17 states that no one can comprehend all the work of God, implying limitations to human understanding.

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].
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