Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 20:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 20:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 20:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, this means that the people who saw the person will not see him again, and where he used to live will not remember him anymore. It's like when someone moves away and we don't see them or think about them as much.

Job 20:9: The eye also [which] saw him shall [see him] no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

Contradiction with Psalm 112:6

Job 20:9 suggests the wicked will be forgotten, whereas Psalm 112:6 states the righteous will be remembered forever.

Psalm 112:6: Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

Job 20:9 implies the past will be faded and forgotten, but Ecclesiastes 9:5 acknowledges the dead know nothing, yet verse notes their memory is cut off.

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 Isaiah 49:15

Job 20:9 speaks of forgetting, while Isaiah 49:15 emphasizes God's unlikely forgetfulness even beyond a mother's rare forgetting of her child.

Isaiah 49:15: Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. [that...: Heb. from having compassion]

Contradiction with Hebrews 6:10

Job 20:9 alludes to being forgotten like a dream, but Hebrews 6:10 assures that God will not forget the work and labor of love shown by believers toward His name.

Hebrews 6:10: For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
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