Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 14:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 14:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 14:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to most Christian interpretations, Job is talking about how God will call out to him, and Job will answer because God cares about what He has made. People understand this to mean that God loves and watches over everyone He created, just like a parent takes care of their children.

Job 14:15: Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

This verse states that "the dead know not any thing," implying a lack of consciousness after death, contradicting Job 14:15's implication of ongoing relationship or awareness with God after death.

Ecclesiastes 9:5: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Contradiction with Psalm 6:5

This verse notes that in death, there is no remembrance or giving of thanks, contradicting the anticipation of calling and answering in Job 14:15.

Psalm 6:5: For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

Contradiction with Isaiah 38:18

This verse suggests that those in the grave cannot praise God, which contradicts the sense of interaction in Job 14:15 where God is seen as calling out.

Isaiah 38:18: For the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

Contradiction with Job 3:13-14

These verses suggest death is a state of rest and inactivity, contrasting with the expectation of interaction and calling from God mentioned in Job 14:15.

Job 3:13-14: For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
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