Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 23:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 23:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 23:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, Job feels scared and worried when he thinks about God because he realizes how powerful and great God is. Knowing God can do so many things makes Job feel small and afraid.

Job 23:15: Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

Contradiction with 1 John 4:18

This verse states that perfect love casts out fear, while Job 23:15 describes Job as being afraid of God, suggesting a contradiction in how fear and love of God are reconciled.

1 John 4:18: There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Contradiction with 2 Timothy 1:7

This verse states that God has not given us a spirit of fear, contradicting Job 23:15 where Job expresses fear of God.

2 Timothy 1:7: For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Contradiction with Romans 8:15

This verse mentions that believers have not received a spirit of bondage again to fear, contrasting with Job's expression of fear towards God in Job 23:15.

Romans 8:15: For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
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