Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 19:27

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 19:27 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 19:27. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Job, he believes that one day he will see God with his own eyes, even though he feels weak and tired now. He is excited and really looks forward to that special moment.

Job 19:27: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; [though] my reins be consumed within me. [another: Heb. a stranger] [though...: or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire (for that day] [within...: Heb. in my bosom]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

Job 19:27 anticipates a personal and conscious afterlife, while Ecclesiastes 9:5 suggests that the dead know nothing.

Ecclesiastes 9:5: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Contradiction with Psalm 6:5

Job 19:27 expresses hope in seeing God after death, whereas Psalm 6:5 implies that in death there is no remembrance or worship of God.

Psalm 6:5: For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

Contradiction with Isaiah 38:18

Job 19:27 talks about seeing God after death, but Isaiah 38:18 states that the grave cannot praise or hope for God's truth.

Isaiah 38:18: For the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
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