Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 15:32

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 15:32 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 15:32. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Eliphaz, a character in the book of Job, bad things might happen to a person who is doing wrong things before they are expected, like a tree that loses its leaves before it should. Eliphaz is trying to say that when someone does bad things, their life might not be as good and happy as it could be.

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

Contradiction with Psalm 37:25

While Job 15:32 suggests destruction for the wicked before their time, Psalm 37:25 speaks of the righteous not being forsaken, implying a more compassionate divine oversight that doesn't rush to judgment.

Psalm 37:25: I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:12

Job 15:32 indicates swift punishment for sin, whereas Ecclesiastes 8:12 acknowledges that sinners may actually experience longevity.

Ecclesiastes 8:12: Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his [days] be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

Job 15:32 highlights the demise of the wicked, but Jeremiah 12:1 questions why the wicked prosper, suggesting an apparent delay in their punishment.

Jeremiah 12:1: 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

Job 15:32 implies divine retribution without delay, but Habakkuk 1:13 struggles with the toleration of treacherous behavior, questioning why God allows the wicked to go unpunished.

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]
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