Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 21:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 21:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 21:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, Job is asking his friends to listen to him before they make fun of what he says. He's saying that he wants a chance to speak first, and then they can say what they want.

Job 21:3: Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

Contradiction with James 5:11

While Job 21:3 describes Job venting his frustration and lamentation, James 5:11 highlights Job’s patience and endurance, suggesting a positive and patient aspect of Job's character.

James 5:11: Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

Contradiction with Job 1:22

Job 21:3 is about expressing his complaints whereas Job 1:22 says Job did not sin or charge God with wrong, suggesting he was accepting and not complaining.

Job 1:22: In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. [charged...: or, attributed folly to God]

Contradiction with Job 2:10

Job 21:3 is about Job speaking in his anguish, but Job 2:10 describes Job accepting suffering without complaints against God.

Job 2:10: But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
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