Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 21:27

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 21:27 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 21:27. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Job, Job knew that his friends were thinking bad things about him and planning to say hurtful things. He understood that they believed he must have done something wrong to deserve his troubles, even though he hadn’t.

Job 21:27: Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me.

Contradiction with Job 12:6

It explains that the wicked live in secure houses, seemingly blessed, contrary to Job's expectation of their downfall.

Job 12:6: The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].

Contradiction with Psalm 37:10

It suggests that the wicked will soon be cut off and will not be found, which contradicts Job's view that they prosper undisturbed.

Psalm 37:10: For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:12-13

States that it will not be well with the wicked, opposing the notion that they live long and prosperous lives.

Ecclesiastes 8:12-13: Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his [days] be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:33

Indicates that the curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked, while Job observed them to be thriving.

Proverbs 3:33: The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

Contradiction with Malachi 4:1

Prophesies that the wicked will be burnt like stubble, contradicting the idea of their prolonged success.

Malachi 4:1: For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

Contradiction with Psalm 73:17-18

Reveals that the wicked are set in slippery places and will fall, opposing Job's assertion of their secure standing.

Psalm 73:17-18: Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.
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