Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 24:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 24:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 24:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, people don't understand why God doesn't show them exactly when He will do things. Even those who love and trust God often wonder why they can't see His plans.

Job 24:1: Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

Contradiction with James 4:13-14

This verse contradicts Job 24:1 by emphasizing the uncertainty of the future, whereas Job calls for divine knowledge of times and judgments to be clear.

James 4:13-14: Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

Contradiction with Matthew 24:36

This verse contradicts Job 24:1 by stating that no one knows the day or hour of divine events, in contrast to Job's questioning of why times are not known.

Matthew 24:36: But of that day and hour knoweth no [man], no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Contradiction with Acts 1:7

This verse contradicts Job 24:1 by asserting that it is not for humans to know the times or seasons set by God, against Job's desire for clear revelation of such timings.

Acts 1:7: And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:7

This verse contradicts Job 24:1 by pointing out that no one knows what will happen, which contrasts with Job's lament on the obscured timing of divine judgment.

Ecclesiastes 8:7: For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? [when...: or, how it shall be?]

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:2

This verse contrasts with Job 24:1 by describing the day of the Lord as coming unexpectedly, while Job questions the absence of known times for divine action.

1 Thessalonians 5:2: For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

Paradox #1

The contradiction in Job 24:1 could be that it questions why those who do wrong are not quickly punished or why justice seems delayed. This could conflict with the idea of a just and orderly universe where good is always rewarded, and evil is swiftly punished.

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