Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ecclesiastes 8:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ecclesiastes 8:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ecclesiastes 8:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, the author of Ecclesiastes, he tried very hard to understand everything that happens in the world and stayed awake day and night thinking about it. He wanted to learn about all the work people do, even though it was very tiring.

Ecclesiastes 8:16: When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also [there is that] neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding contradicts the idea of the limits of human understanding present in Ecclesiastes 8:16.

Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD highlights the idea of God's higher ways, contrasting the human pursuit to understand all as described in Ecclesiastes 8:16.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
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