Job 20:27 Contradictions and Paradoxes

According to the author of the book of Job, this verse means that God knows everything bad someone does because the sky and the earth will show it. It's like when you hide something, but your parents find out anyway, because nothing stays hidden forever.

Contradiction with Exodus 34:6-7

Emphasizes God's mercy and forgiveness, contrasting with the judgment seen in Job 20:27.

Exodus 34:6-7: And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Contradiction with Psalm 103:8-10

Highlights God's grace and reluctance to maintain anger, conflicting with the retributive justice in Job 20:27.

Psalm 103:8-10: The LORD [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. [plentious...: Heb. great in mercy]

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:18

Offers a message of cleansing and redemption, opposing the exposure of iniquity in Job 20:27.

Isaiah 1:18: Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:21-23

Speaks of repentance leading to life, contrasting with the unavoidable exposure of wrongdoing in Job 20:27.

Ezekiel 18:21-23: But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Contradiction with Luke 15:7

Celebrates repentance and the joy in heaven over a sinner who repents, differing from the condemnation in Job 20:27.

Luke 15:7: I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Contradiction with John 3:17

States God's intention to save rather than condemn, opposing the exposure and punishment of sin in Job 20:27.

John 3:17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:9

Describes God's patience and desire for all to come to repentance, differing from the immediate revelation of sin in Job 20:27.

2 Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.