Contradictions and Paradoxes in Daniel 4:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Daniel 4:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Daniel 4:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Daniel, this verse tells about a voice telling people to cut down a big tree and take away its leaves and fruits. This means something important is going to happen to the big and strong king, making him not powerful anymore.

Daniel 4:14: He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: [aloud: Chaldee, with might]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

Whereas Daniel 4:14 speaks of cutting down a mighty tree (a symbol of power), Jeremiah questions why the way of the wicked prospers, suggesting an expectation for wickedness to flourish, not be cut down.

Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]

Contradiction with Psalm 37:35

While Daniel 4:14 implies a fall for the mighty (proud), this verse observes the flourishing state of the wicked, appearing as a tree that continues to grow rather than being cut.

Psalm 37:35: I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. [a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil]

Contradiction with Job 21:7

In Daniel 4:14, a mighty tree is cut down; Job questions why the wicked live and become mighty in power, implying continuity rather than sudden downfall.

Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Proverbs 11:21

The verse suggests safety for the righteous and punishment for the wicked, apparently contradicting the indiscriminate cutting down of the powerful tree, which might include the righteous.

Proverbs 11:21: [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

Contradicts the fairness suggested in Daniel 4:14 by observing that just men receive what the wicked deserve, indicating a world where justice is not clear-cut like the cutting down of the tree.

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.

Paradox #1

The contradiction or conflict might arise from the idea of divine judgment affecting all creatures, including innocent ones like animals and plants. Some people find it difficult to understand why innocent beings would suffer because of someone else's actions or decisions.

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