Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 51:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 51:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 51:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, God is like a powerful helper who can push water away to make a safe path for people to walk on, like when God helped his people long ago. This shows God's strength and kindness in making sure people are safe.

Isaiah 51:10: [Art] thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

Contradiction with Genesis 7:11

Isaiah 51:10 speaks of drying waters while Genesis 7:11 describes waters flooding the earth.

Genesis 7:11: In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. [windows: or, floodgates]

Contradiction with Exodus 14:28

Isaiah 51:10 talks about parting waters for deliverance, whereas Exodus 14:28 speaks of waters returning and covering the Egyptians.

Exodus 14:28: And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, [and] all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

Contradiction with Psalm 46:3

Isaiah 51:10 refers to God's control over waters for safety, while Psalm 46:3 describes waters roaring and being troubled.

Psalm 46:3: [Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

Contradiction with Revelation 21:1

Isaiah 51:10 indicates dry land emerging from waters, but Revelation 21:1 mentions a new earth where there is no sea.

Revelation 21:1: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

Contradiction with Job 38:11

Isaiah 51:10 describes the waters dried to make a way, whereas Job 38:11 talks about the waters being commanded to not pass certain limits.

Job 38:11: And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? [thy...: Heb. the pride of thy waves]
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