Contradictions and Paradoxes in Habakkuk 3:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Habakkuk 3:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Habakkuk 3:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Habakkuk, even when things are difficult, we can still be happy because God saves us and takes care of us. It's like finding joy in knowing someone is always there to help us.

Habakkuk 3:18: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Contradiction with Psalm 13:1-2

These verses express a feeling of abandonment and questioning of God's presence, contrasting with the rejoicing and faith in God found in Habakkuk 3:18.

Psalm 13:1-2: [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? [chief...: or, overseer]

Contradiction with Lamentations 3:17-18

These verses describe a loss of peace and strength, opposing the joy and salvation expressed in Habakkuk 3:18.

Lamentations 3:17-18: And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. [prosperity: Heb. good]

Contradiction with Job 3:25-26

Job speaks of fear and lack of peace, which contradicts the confidence and rejoicing in salvation seen in Habakkuk 3:18.

Job 3:25-26: For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. [the thing...: Heb. I feared a fear, and it came upon me]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 2:17

The speaker expresses hatred for life and work, which contrasts with the rejoicing in the Lord in Habakkuk 3:18.

Ecclesiastes 2:17: Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 20:14

Jeremiah curses the day of his birth in despair, conflicting with the joy and exultation in God in Habakkuk 3:18.

Jeremiah 20:14: Cursed [be] the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

Contradiction with Psalm 88:3-5

These verses speak of being overwhelmed and feeling as good as dead, contradicting the hopeful joy in God expressed in Habakkuk 3:18.

Psalm 88:3-5: For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 1:10

Hannah's bitterness and deep distress in prayer contrast with the rejoicing and joy found in Habakkuk 3:18.

1 Samuel 1:10: And she [was] in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. [in...: Heb. bitter of soul]

Contradiction with Psalm 77:7-9

The psalmist questions God's faithfulness and mercy, contrasting with the assurance and rejoicing in salvation in Habakkuk 3:18.

Psalm 77:7-9: Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
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