Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 17:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 17:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 17:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the book of Job, Job feels sad because people are making fun of him, and he sees them doing mean things to him all the time.

Job 17:2: [Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? [continue: Heb. lodge]

Contradiction with Proverbs 12:22

While Job feels surrounded by mockery, Proverbs emphasizes that lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, suggesting that truth should prevail over mockery.

Proverbs 12:22: Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.

Contradiction with 1 Peter 3:9

Job laments his experience of derision, whereas Peter advises not to repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing.

1 Peter 3:9: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Contradiction with James 3:10

In contrast to the derision Job experiences, James insists that blessing and cursing should not come from the same mouth, promoting uplifting speech over mockery.

James 3:10: Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Contradiction with Ephesians 4:29

Job complains of mockery, while Ephesians instructs that only what is helpful for building others up should come out of our mouths.

Ephesians 4:29: Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. [to...: or, to edify profitably]
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