Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 16:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 16:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 16:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Job, Job is speaking up after listening to his friends, and he is trying to explain how he feels about everything that's happening to him. He's having a really hard time and wants to share his thoughts.

Job 16:1: Then Job answered and said,

Contradiction with Proverbs 27:17

While Job 16:1 highlights his friends' lack of comfort, this verse emphasizes mutual strengthening.

Proverbs 27:17: Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Contradiction with Galatians 6:2

This verse encourages bearing each other's burdens, contrasting Job's claim of unhelpful friends.

Galatians 6:2: Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Here, believers are urged to encourage and build one another up, which opposes the experience Job describes.

1 Thessalonians 5:11: Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. [comfort: or, exhort]
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