Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 17:16

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

According to the author of the book of Job, this verse means that the speaker feels very sad and thinks that soon they will die and rest in the ground together with everyone else who has passed away. It's a way of saying that everyone eventually goes to the same peaceful place after they die.

Job 17:16: They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when [our] rest together [is] in the dust.

Contradiction with Psalm 16:10

This verse speaks about God not leaving the soul in hell, contrary to the despair in Job 17:16.

Psalm 16:10: For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Contradiction with John 11:25

Jesus declares Himself as the resurrection and life, contrasting Job's focus on finality and the grave.

John 11:25: Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 15:54-55

Discusses the victory over death, which contrasts with Job 17:16's emphasis on going down to the pit.

1 Corinthians 15:54-55: So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Contradiction with Revelation 21:4

Talks about God wiping away all tears and no more death, contradicting Job's focus on despair and absence of hope.

Revelation 21:4: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Contradiction with Isaiah 26:19

Speaks about the dead living again, which contradicts the finality in Job 17:16.

Isaiah 26:19: Thy dead [men] shall live, [together with] my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew [is as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
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