Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 23:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 23:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 23:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, Job is saying he wants to hear God's words so he can understand what God wants to tell him. Job wants to know why things happen and hopes to find comfort in God's answers.

Job 23:5: I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

Contradicts Job 23:5 by advising trust in the Lord instead of seeking understanding based on one's own judgment.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

Contradicts Job 23:5 by emphasizing that God's ways and thoughts are beyond human understanding.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Romans 11:33

Contrasts with Job 23:5 by highlighting the depth and unsearchability of God's judgments.

Romans 11:33: O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:25

Suggests God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, contrasting Job 23:5's implication of understanding God's words.

1 Corinthians 1:25: Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:17

Contradicts Job 23:5 by stating no one can fully comprehend God's work, despite human efforts.

Ecclesiastes 8:17: Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].
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