Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 38:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 38:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 38:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God helps people live and feel alive in their spirits. He believes that God can heal him and give him life.

Isaiah 38:16: O Lord, by these [things men] live, and in all these [things is] the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

Contradiction with Proverbs 10:27

While Isaiah 38:16 speaks to the preservation and continuation of life through God's intervention, Proverbs 10:27 suggests that fearing the Lord prolongs life, implying a different condition for life extension.

Proverbs 10:27: The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. [prolongeth: Heb. addeth]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:2

Isaiah 38:16 emphasizes life and recovery, whereas Ecclesiastes 3:2 states there is a time to be born and a time to die, suggesting a predetermined lifespan.

Ecclesiastes 3:2: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted; [to be...: Heb. to bear]

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:27

Although Isaiah 38:16 highlights the preservation of life, Hebrews 9:27 states that everyone is appointed to die once, bringing inevitability into the concept of life.

Hebrews 9:27: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Contradiction with Job 14:5

Isaiah 38:16 suggests that life is sustained by God’s will, while Job 14:5 indicates that the days of man are determined and numbered, implying a fixed limit.

Job 14:5: Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months [are] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

Contradiction with Psalm 89:48

Isaiah 38:16 cherishes the prolongation of life, yet Psalm 89:48 introduces the universality of death, posing a contradiction to continued life.

Psalm 89:48: What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
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