Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 20:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 20:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 20:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to many Christian interpreters, this verse means that bad people will not enjoy nice things like God's blessings. It is like saying they won't get treats because they did wrong things.

Job 20:17: He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. [the floods...: or, streaming brooks]

Contradiction with Job 29:6

Contradicts with Job 20:17 as it speaks of bathing his steps with butter, symbolizing abundance, contrary to the denial of flowing rivers of honey and butter.

Job 29:6: When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; [me: Heb. with me]

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:10

States that barns shall be filled with plenty and presses burst with new wine, suggesting abundance rather than deprivation.

Proverbs 3:10: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

Contradiction with Psalm 1:3

Describes the righteous as flourishing like a tree by rivers of water, bearing fruit, contrary to the loss of prosperity depicted in Job 20:17.

Psalm 1:3: And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. [wither: Heb. fade]

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:1

Invites all to buy wine and milk without money, symbolizing freely available abundance, conflicting with the denied flow of milk and honey in Job 20:17.

Isaiah 55:1: Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 8:7-9

Describes the promised land as a land flowing with milk and honey, in contrast to the loss depicted in Job 20:17.

Deuteronomy 8:7-9: For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
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