Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 21:28

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 21:28 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 21:28. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, Job is asking why people wonder about what happened to the homes of the rich and naughty people. He is saying that people often see bad people with nice places, but they shouldn't think that makes them happy or right.

Job 21:28: For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked? [the dwelling...: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles]

Contradiction with Job 1:1

This verse describes Job as perfect and upright, contradicting Job 21:28, where Job sarcastically questions the fate of the wicked.

Job 1:1: There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Contradiction with Psalm 37:25

This verse states the righteous are not forsaken, which contrasts with Job's situation and questioning in Job 21:28.

Psalm 37:25: I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:12-13

This passage suggests the wicked will not prosper in the long term, contrasting with Job's observation of their stability.

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 11:21

This verse claims the wicked will not go unpunished, opposing Job's implication that they sometimes do in Job 21:28.

Proverbs 11:21: [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3-17

This passage resolves the prosperity of the wicked by understanding their ultimate downfall, contradicting the apparent success observed in Job 21:28.

Psalm 73:3-17: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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