Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezra 5:5

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

According to Ezra, God was watching over the leaders of the Jews, so no one could stop them from working until they could tell the king about it, and then the king answered them with a letter.

Ezra 5:5: But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this [matter].

Contradiction with Hebrews 4:13

Contradicts Ezra 5:5 by stating that nothing is hidden from God's sight, whereas Ezra 5:5 suggests God's eye was specifically on the elders of the Jews during the temple building.

Hebrews 4:13: Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Contradiction with Proverbs 15:3

Indicates that the eyes of the Lord are in every place, contradicting the notion in Ezra 5:5 that God's eye was particularly focused on the elders.

Proverbs 15:3: The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Contradiction with Job 34:21

States all men's ways are under God's eyes, contradicting Ezra 5:5 by suggesting a universal watchfulness rather than selective attention.

Job 34:21: For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
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