Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 32:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 32:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 32:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God is like a strong and safe rock who does everything perfectly and fairly. He is always truthful, does no wrong, and makes the right decisions.

Deuteronomy 32:4: [He is] the Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he.

Contradiction with Genesis 6:6

This verse suggests that God regretted making humans, implying a change in His decision, contrasting with the unchanging nature implied in Deuteronomy 32:4.

Genesis 6:6: And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Contradiction with Judges 2:18

God repents of the miseries he brought upon Israel, suggesting He changes His mind, which contradicts the perfect, unchanging nature of God's works in Deuteronomy 32:4.

Judges 2:18: And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 18:8

God states He will change His mind on doing evil to a nation if it repents, contrasting with the perfection and immutability of God suggested in Deuteronomy 32:4.

Jeremiah 18:8: If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

Contradiction with Exodus 32:14

God repents of the evil which He thought to do unto His people, suggesting a change which contradicts the unchanging nature of God's actions in Deuteronomy 32:4.

Exodus 32:14: And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:11

God regrets making Saul king because of his disobedience, contrasting with the perfection and constancy implied in Deuteronomy 32:4.

1 Samuel 15:11: It repenteth me that I have set up Saul [to be] king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

Paradox #1

Some people might see a moral conflict in that the verse describes God as perfectly just and fair. However, they might point out that there are other parts of the Bible where God's actions or commands seem harsh or difficult to understand, like the use of violence or suffering of innocents. This could seem inconsistent to some readers trying to reconcile these different portrayals.

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