Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 21:32

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 21:32 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 21:32. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, people will eventually die and be buried in the ground, staying there for a long time. This verse reminds us that even if someone was important while alive, they still end up in the same place as everyone else after they die.

Job 21:32: Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. [grave: Heb. graves] [remain...: Heb. watch in the heap]

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:27

States that it is appointed for men to die once, and after that the judgment, contradicting the idea of keeping vigil over the grave as if it had ongoing significance.

Hebrews 9:27: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

Asserts that the dead know nothing, contrasting with the notion of being watched over or preserved after death.

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 1 Thessalonians 4:13

Encourages believers not to be uninformed about those who are asleep (dead), implying a different understanding of death's finality compared to Job 21:32.

1 Thessalonians 4:13: But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

Contradiction with John 5:28-29

Speaks of a future resurrection for those in the graves, suggesting a different destiny than the implied permanence of the grave in Job 21:32.

John 5:28-29: Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

Contradiction with Daniel 12:2

Mentions an awakening from the dust some to everlasting life, challenging the finality suggested in Job 21:32.

Daniel 12:2: And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.
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