Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 18:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 18:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 18:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, this verse means that someone who does wrong will be sent away from good and happy places to bad and dark places, and they will be removed from the world. It's a way of saying that if you do bad things, you won't get to stay in the nice parts of life.

Job 18:18: He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. [He...: Heb. They shall drive him]

Contradiction with Psalm 37:11

It states that the meek shall inherit the earth, which contradicts Job 18:18's implication of being driven out of light into darkness.

Psalm 37:11: But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Contradiction with Proverbs 2:21

It says that the upright shall dwell in the land, opposing the notion in Job 18:18 of being chased out of the world.

Proverbs 2:21: For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:5

Jesus speaks about the blessedness of the meek inheriting the earth, contrary to the expulsion described in Job 18:18.

Matthew 5:5: Blessed [are] the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
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