Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 16:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 16:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 16:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, Job is saying that he hasn't done anything wrong with his hands and that his prayers to God are honest and good. He feels he's been fair and that he talks to God with a clean heart.

Job 16:17: Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.

Contradiction with 1 John 1:8

This verse states that if we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves, contradicting Job 16:17 where Job asserts his prayer is pure.

1 John 1:8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20

This verse claims there is not a just man on earth who does good and sins not, challenging Job's assertion of purity in his actions or prayers.

Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

This states that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, contrasting Job's statement of innocence and purity.

Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Contradiction with Psalm 53:3

This verse says that there is none who does good, no, not one, contradicting the notion of personal purity as claimed in Job 16:17.

Psalm 53:3: Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.

Contradiction with Romans 3:10

It asserts that there is none righteous, no, not one, opposing Job's claim about his own purity.

Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
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