Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 11:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 11:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 11:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, this verse means God's wisdom and understanding are so big that they are bigger than the whole world and even wider than the ocean. It's a way of saying that God's knowledge is endless and beyond what we can imagine.

Job 11:9: The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Contradiction with Job 11:7

Jobs 11:7 questions human capability to fully understand God's nature, presenting a notion of human limitation, whereas Job 11:9 describes the boundlessness of God’s nature without referencing human understanding.

Job 11:7: Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

Contradiction with Psalm 147:5

Expresses that God's understanding is infinite, potentially contrasting the idea that human understanding of God's limits is questioned in Job 11:9.

Psalm 147:5: Great [is] our Lord, and of great power: his understanding [is] infinite. [his...: Heb. of his understanding there is no number]

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:28

Indicates that God's understanding is unsearchable, which might seem contradictory as Job 11:9 describes a vast extent but does not directly emphasize the searchability of God.

Isaiah 40:28: Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding.

Contradiction with Romans 11:33

Speaks about the riches, wisdom, and knowledge of God as unsearchable, which could be seen as differing from a simple emphasis on vastness in Job 11:9.

Romans 11:33: O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 2:11

Discusses the incomprehensibility of God to human insight, possibly presenting a conflicting angle to Job 11:9's focus on measurable vastness.

1 Corinthians 2:11: For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
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