Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 22:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 22:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 22:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, Eliphaz, this verse means that bad people were taken away suddenly, like a flood washes things away, because they were not following what is right. Eliphaz wanted Job to understand that bad things happen to those who do wrong.

Job 22:16: Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: [whose...: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation]

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3-4

Describes the prosperity and health of the wicked, contradicting the notion that they are cut down early.

Psalm 73:3-4: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:15

Highlights a righteous man who perishes, sometimes contrasting with the idea that it's typically the wicked who are cut down.

Ecclesiastes 7:15: All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1-2

Describes how the wicked prosper and are settled, contrasting with the idea that they are cut down early.

Jeremiah 12:1-2: 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 Job 21:7-9

Job himself questions why the wicked live, grow old, and are powerful, contradicting the idea they are prematurely cut down.

Job 21:7-9: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Psalm 37:35

Describes seeing the wicked in great power, suggesting they are not necessarily cut down early.

Psalm 37:35: I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. [a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil]

Contradiction with Malachi 3:15

Points out that the wicked are set up and thrive, contradicting the claim that they are cut down before their time.

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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