Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 15:27

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 15:27 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 15:27. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Eliphaz, the person is proud and has so much wealth that he becomes very fat. He thinks he is strong and doesn't need God because he has everything he wants.

Job 15:27: Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.

Contradiction with Job 15:32-33

These verses state that the godless will wither and not flourish, contradicting the claim in Job 15:27 that prosperity is a sign of godliness.

Job 15:32-33: It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. [accomplished: or, cut off]

Contradiction with Psalm 37:35-36

These verses describe seeing a wicked man flourishing, then suddenly gone, contradicting that outward prosperity indicates righteousness.

Psalm 37:35-36: I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. [a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil]

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3-12

These verses portray how the wicked prosper and live at ease, contradicting the idea that prosperity is linked to godliness.

Psalm 73:3-12: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1-2

Jeremiah questions why the wicked prosper, contradicting the belief that godly people are always outwardly prosperous.

Jeremiah 12:1-2: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]

Contradiction with Habakkuk 1:13

It questions why the wicked seem to prosper without divine intervention, contradicting the connection between prosperity and righteousness implied in Job 15:27.

Habakkuk 1:13: [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he? [iniquity: or, grievance]

Contradiction with Matthew 5:45

This verse explains that God allows the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust, contradicting the notion that prosperity is exclusive to the righteous.

Matthew 5:45: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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