Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 19:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 19:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 19:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to many Christians, Job is saying that God has taken away all the good and important things from him, like taking off a shiny crown from his head. It shows how Job feels very sad and like he's lost all the special things he had.

Job 19:9: He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown [from] my head.

Contradiction with Psalm 8:5

While Job 19:9 speaks of being stripped of glory, Psalm 8:5 affirms that humans are crowned with glory and honor.

Psalm 8:5: For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Contradiction with 1 Peter 5:4

Job feels deprived of his glory, whereas 1 Peter 5:4 promises a crown of glory that does not fade.

1 Peter 5:4: And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

Contradiction with Isaiah 61:3

Job laments the loss of splendor, but Isaiah 61:3 promises beauty for ashes and a garment of praise.

Isaiah 61:3: To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Contradiction with Psalm 84:11

Job 19:9 mentions a loss of honor, contrasted by Psalm 84:11 where God gives grace and glory.

Psalm 84:11: For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 2:8

Contrary to Job's perception of losing his dignity, 1 Samuel 2:8 states that God raises the poor to inherit a throne of glory.

1 Samuel 2:8: He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth [are] the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
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