Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 14:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 14:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 14:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Job, people believe that God is very powerful and always wins over humans who eventually die. God can change how a person looks before they leave this world.

Job 14:20: Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

Contradiction with Genesis 2:7

This verse talks about God giving life, forming man from dust and breathing life into him, while Job 14:20 highlights the inevitability of death and returning to dust.

Genesis 2:7: And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. [of the dust...: Heb. dust of the ground]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 12:7

This verse describes the spirit returning to God who gave it, in contrast to Job 14:20, which emphasizes the finality of human end without mention of the spirit returning to God.

Ecclesiastes 12:7: Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Contradiction with John 11:25-26

Jesus claims to be the resurrection and life, promising eternal life to believers, contrasting Job 14:20's view of human mortality.

John 11:25-26: Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Contradiction with Romans 6:23

This verse offers eternal life through Jesus Christ, which contrasts with Job 14:20's focus on death and decay.

Romans 6:23: For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 15:22

States that in Christ all will be made alive, opposing the mortality portrayed in Job 14:20.

1 Corinthians 15:22: For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
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