Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 15:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 15:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 15:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Job, this verse is asking Job if he is as wise as the first person ever made or if he was created before the mountains. It’s a way of saying he shouldn’t think he knows everything.

Job 15:7: [Art] thou the first man [that] was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

Contradiction with Job 38:21

God sarcastically suggests that Job must be old enough to know everything, contrasting Job 15:7’s implication that man is not ancient or wise as God.

Job 38:21: Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great?

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:20

This verse questions the wisdom of the wise and the prudent of the world, contradicting the implication in Job 15:7 that Job might claim unparalleled wisdom or experience.

1 Corinthians 1:20: Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:16

Solomon claims to have greater wisdom than all before him, contradicting the notion in Job 15:7 that questions the existence of such early wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 1:16: I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all [they] that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. [had...: Heb. had seen much]

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:13-14

These verses emphasize God's wisdom over any man's, countering the implication in Job 15:7 that a man like Job might possess ultimate wisdom.

Isaiah 40:13-14: Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or [being] his counsellor hath taught him? [his...: Heb. man of his counsel]

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:7

Warns not to be wise in one's own eyes, contradicting any implied self-assessment of wisdom in Job 15:7.

Proverbs 3:7: Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
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