Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 11:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 11:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 11:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, this means that if you trust God, your life will be bright and happy, like the sunshine in the morning. Even when things are hard, everything will get better and feel like a fresh, new day.

Job 11:17: And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. [be clearer...: Heb. arise above]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 2:17

Describes life as vanity and vexation of spirit, contradicting the positive outlook of dawn and brightness in Job 11:17.

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 Ecclesiastes 4:3

Suggests it is better to not have been born than to live and see evil, opposing the brightness and relief depicted in Job 11:17.

Ecclesiastes 4:3: Yea, better [is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 20:14

Curses the day of birth, contrasting the hopeful renewal expressed in Job 11:17.

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

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 11:8

Acknowledges many days of darkness, opposing the perpetual brightness suggested in Job 11:17.

Ecclesiastes 11:8: But if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh [is] vanity.

Contradiction with Lamentations 3:17

Speaks of the soul being far from prosperity and peace, which contradicts the hopeful tone of Job 11:17.

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

Contradiction with Job 3:3

Curses the day of birth, unlike Job 11:17 which talks of renewed brightness.

Job 3:3: Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived.

Contradiction with Psalm 88:6

Speaks of being laid in the lowest pit, in darkness, in deeps, which contradicts the brightness and hope of Job 11:17.

Psalm 88:6: Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

Contradiction with Psalm 6:6

Describes frequent weeping and grief, opposing the notion of brightness in Job 11:17.

Psalm 6:6: I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. [all...: or, every night]
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