Contradictions and Paradoxes in Daniel 4:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Daniel 4:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Daniel 4:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Daniel, this verse shows that the king asked smart leaders for help to explain his dream, but they couldn't tell him what it meant. It teaches that sometimes people need God's help to understand things.

Daniel 4:7: Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

Contradiction with Isaiah 45:7

This verse claims that God is responsible for creating both peace and evil, which contradicts Daniel 4:7's theme of human interpretations of dreams and mysteries, suggesting divine enlightenment is unnecessary.

Isaiah 45:7: I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things].

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 2:14

This verse states spiritual truths cannot be discerned by natural man, seemingly contradicting Daniel 4:7 where magicians, astrologers, and wise men attempt to interpret dreams without success.

1 Corinthians 2:14: But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 23:16

This verse warns against false prophets who speak visions from their own hearts, contradicting the king's reliance on magicians and astrologers in Daniel 4:7 to provide truthful interpretations.

Jeremiah 23:16: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, [and] not out of the mouth of the LORD.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 18:10-12

It states the practices of divination and astrology are detestable, contradicting the reliance on such practices in Daniel 4:7.

Deuteronomy 18:10-12: There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

Contradiction with Matthew 24:36

It suggests that no human can know divine mysteries or events without God’s will, contrasting the attempt of wise men in Daniel 4:7 to interpret them on their own abilities.

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

Contradiction with Isaiah 8:19

Advises against consulting spiritists and the dead, in contrast to the king's summoning of astrologers and magicians in Daniel 4:7.

Isaiah 8:19: And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
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