Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 15:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 15:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 15:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, wise people learned important things from their parents and didn't keep it secret. They shared what they knew with others.

Job 15:18: Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid [it]:

Contradiction with James 1:5

James 1:5 encourages seeking wisdom from God, implying wisdom is not solely inherited from ancestors as suggested in Job 15:18.

James 1:5: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Contradiction with Job 42:7

After Job’s trials, God states that Job’s friends, including Eliphaz, who spoke in Job 15:18, did not speak what was right, contradicting their assertions of wisdom.

Job 42:7: And it was [so], that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me [the thing that is] right, as my servant Job [hath].

Contradiction with Matthew 11:25

Jesus thanks the Father for hiding things from the wise and prudent, contradicting the notion that wisdom is purely from the wise, as implied in Job 15:18.

Matthew 11:25: At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
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