Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 21:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 21:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 21:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, Job is telling his friends to look at him and be amazed, and to stay quiet because he is going through something very hard. He wants them to stop talking and just see how much he is suffering.

Job 21:5: Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth. [Mark...: Heb. Look unto me]

Contradiction with Job 4:7

Job 4:7 suggests that those who perish are those who have done wrong, contradicting Job 21:5 where Job expresses bewilderment at the prosperity of the wicked.

Job 4:7: Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3

Psalm 73:3 shows the Psalmist also troubled by the prosperity of the wicked, which aligns with the questioning aspect of Job 21:5 rather than contradicting it.

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

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:33

Proverbs 3:33 declares that the curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked, contradicting Job 21:5 where Job describes the success of the wicked.

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 Ecclesiastes 8:14

Ecclesiastes 8:14 discusses the righteous suffering and the wicked prospering, which complements Job 21:5 rather than contradicting it.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

Jeremiah 12:1 aligns with Job 21:5, raising the question of why the wicked prosper, rather than directly contradicting it.

Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]

Contradiction with Malachi 3:15

Malachi 3:15 supports the observation of Job 21:5 that the wicked appear to prosper, rather than contradicting it.

Malachi 3:15: And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered. [are set up: Heb. are built]
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