Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 13:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 13:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 13:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, Job is asking God to show him what he has done wrong. He wants to understand his mistakes so he can fix them.

Job 13:23: How many [are] mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20

This verse states that there is not a righteous man upon earth who does good and does not sin, implying universality of sinfulness contrasting with Job's claim of knowing his iniquities.

Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

This verse declares that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, suggesting a comprehensive nature of human sinfulness that conflicts with Job's inquiry about his specific transgressions.

Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Contradiction with 1 John 1:8

This verse asserts that if anyone claims to be without sin, they deceive themselves, suggesting the inevitability of sin contrary to Job's questioning of his wrongdoings.

1 John 1:8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Contradiction with Psalm 14:3

This verse indicates that all have turned aside and none do good, no, not one; it generalizes sinfulness as pervasive and contradicts Job's questioning approach to knowing his faults.

Psalm 14:3: They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one. [filthy: Heb. stinking]

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

This verse states that all our righteous acts are like filthy rags, portraying even good deeds as flawed, contradicting Job's questioning of specific sins.

Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
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