Contradictions and Paradoxes in Daniel 5:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Daniel 5:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Daniel 5:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Daniel, this verse teaches that a king had to live like an animal until he learned that God is the one who decides who rules over people. It's a lesson that God is in control of everything and chooses leaders.

Daniel 5:21: And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling [was] with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and [that] he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. [his heart...: or, he made his heart equal, etc]

Contradiction with Genesis 1:26

Daniel 5:21 states that God rules over the kingdoms of men, while Genesis 1:26 emphasizes human dominion over all the earth.

Genesis 1:26: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Contradiction with Psalm 115:16

Daniel 5:21 suggests God's sovereignty over earthly kingdoms, whereas Psalm 115:16 claims that the heavens are the Lord's, but the earth has been given to human beings.

Psalm 115:16: The heaven, [even] the heavens, [are] the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11

Daniel 5:21 implies divine control over the rulers of the earth, yet Ecclesiastes 9:11 asserts that time and chance happen to all.

Ecclesiastes 9:11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Paradox #1

Daniel 5:21 describes the humbling of King Nebuchadnezzar, suggesting he lived with wild animals. The contradiction arises because historical records do not confirm this event in Nebuchadnezzar's life. Babylonian inscriptions and accounts from that period do not mention the king experiencing such a transformation, leading to doubts about the literal historical accuracy of this account.

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