Contradictions and Paradoxes in Daniel 2:28

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Daniel 2:28 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Daniel 2:28. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Daniel, God in heaven knows all secrets and helps people understand them. He told King Nebuchadnezzar what would happen in the future through a dream.

Daniel 2:28: But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; [maketh...: Chaldee, hath made known]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 23:28

Suggests that prophets with dreams should speak them truthfully, contrasting with Daniel 2:28's claim of a unique revealing by God.

Jeremiah 23:28: The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What [is] the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. [that hath a dream: Heb. with whom is, etc]

Contradiction with Matthew 24:36

States that no one knows the day or hour except the Father, contrasting with Daniel 2:28's implication that secrets can be revealed to humans.

Matthew 24:36: But of that day and hour knoweth no [man], no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 29:29

Asserts that secret things belong to God, contrasting with Daniel 2:28’s notion of revealing divine secrets.

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 1 Corinthians 2:9

Suggests that human understanding cannot grasp what God has prepared, implying a contradiction to Daniel 2:28's revelation.

1 Corinthians 2:9: But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

Emphasizes God's thoughts and ways are higher than humans, potentially contradicting the revelation to Daniel in 2:28.

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