Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 20:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 20:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 20:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Job, this verse means that when a person does something bad, it might seem good at first, but it will end up feeling very bad inside, like eating something poisonous. It's a way to say that bad actions lead to bad feelings and consequences.

Job 20:14: [Yet] his meat in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of asps within him.

Contradiction with Psalm 34:8

Encourages the sweetness and goodness of the Lord, contrasting the bitterness associated with the wicked in Job 20:14.

Psalm 34:8: O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him.

Contradiction with Psalm 119:103

Describes God's words as sweeter than honey, contrary to the transformation into bitterness described in Job 20:14.

Psalm 119:103: How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth! [taste: Heb. palate]

Contradiction with Proverbs 24:13

Advises partaking of honey for it is good, which contrasts the notion of pleasant things turning bitter as in Job 20:14.

Proverbs 24:13: My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste: [to...: Heb. upon thy palate]

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