Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 32:40

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 32:40 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 32:40. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this means that God is speaking and showing that He is very powerful and will live forever. When God lifts His hand to heaven, it's like making a strong promise that He is always there.

Deuteronomy 32:40: For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

Contradiction with Psalm 90:2

Describes God as eternal and without a beginning, while Deuteronomy 32:40 speaks of God lifting His hand to swear by His eternal life, implying an action bound by time.

Psalm 90:2: Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God.

Contradiction with Numbers 23:19

Asserts that God is not a man that He should lie or repent, contrasting with the anthropomorphic depiction in Deuteronomy 32:40 of God swearing an oath.

Numbers 23:19: God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Contradiction with James 1:17

States that God does not change like shifting shadows, whereas Deuteronomy 32:40 implies changeable action through making an oath.

James 1:17: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Contradiction with Malachi 3:6

Declares that God does not change, while Deuteronomy 32:40 suggests a human-like action of swearing an oath.

Malachi 3:6: For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Contradiction with Hebrews 6:13

Indicates that God, having no one greater to swear by, swore by Himself, as similar oaths are rare, contrasting the unique expression in Deuteronomy 32:40.

Hebrews 6:13: For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

Paradox #1

The verse implies that an entity has eternal life or existence, which can conflict with scientific understanding, as science does not support the idea of immortality or eternal physical existence for living beings. Science is based on observable and measurable phenomena, and eternal life falls outside these parameters.

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