Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 12:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 12:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 12:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, this verse means that God has all the wisdom and strength. God understands everything and knows how to help and guide us.

Job 12:13: With him [is] wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. [With...: that is, With God]

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5-6

These verses emphasize trusting in the Lord with all one's heart, contradicting the idea of man having wisdom and understanding on his own as emphasized in Job 12:13.

Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18

Suggests that with much wisdom comes much sorrow, contradicting the notion in Job 12:13 that wisdom and understanding with God are inherently positive.

Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:25

States that the foolishness of God is wiser than men, which contradicts the placement of wisdom with God in Job 12:13, by illustrating human limitations compared to God’s wisdom.

1 Corinthians 1:25: Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
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