Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 19:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 19:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 19:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, Job is feeling very sad and lonely because even his own servant, who usually helps him, is not listening to him when he calls. Job wants to show how he feels deserted by everyone around him.

Job 19:16: I called my servant, and he gave [me] no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

Contradiction with Proverbs 27:10

While Job 19:16 describes a lack of response to Job's call, Proverbs 27:10 emphasizes the importance of close relationships in times of trouble.

Proverbs 27:10: Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.

Contradiction with Psalm 27:10

Job laments being ignored by his servants, whereas this verse assures that even if others forsake us, the Lord will lift us up.

Psalm 27:10: When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. [take...: Heb. gather me]

Contradiction with Matthew 7:7

Contradicts Job's experience of being ignored by stating that those who ask, seek, and knock will receive, find, and have doors opened to them.

Matthew 7:7: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Contradiction with Isaiah 65:24

This verse promises that God will answer before being called upon, opposing Job's situation of not receiving an answer at all.

Isaiah 65:24: And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
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