Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 24:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 24:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 24:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the book of Job, this verse means that when a bad person dies, they won't be remembered, and nature will take care of them like it does everything else. It shows that bad deeds are like a tree that gets cut down and can't hurt anyone anymore.

Job 24:20: The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

Contradiction with John 11:25-26

These verses speak of Jesus as the resurrection and life, promising eternal life to those who believe, which contrasts with Job 24:20 that reflects on mortality and being forgotten.

John 11:25-26: Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Contradiction with Isaiah 25:8

This verse talks about God swallowing up death forever and wiping away all tears, contrasting with the cruel and final view of death in Job 24:20.

Isaiah 25:8: He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken [it].

Contradiction with Revelation 21:4

This verse suggests a future with no more death or sorrow, in direct contradiction to the theme of forgetfulness and finality in death expressed in Job 24:20.

Revelation 21:4: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 15:54-55

These verses describe victory over death and its eradication, opposing the bleak portrayal of death's permanence in Job 24:20.

1 Corinthians 15:54-55: So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Paradox #1

The contradiction or conflict in Job 24:20 arises from the idea that wicked people seem to escape punishment and that the natural order seems indifferent to justice. The contradiction is in the expectation that the moral universe should see wrongdoing punished and righteousness rewarded, but the verse suggests otherwise, challenging the belief in a just and moral order.

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