Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 26:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 26:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 26:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, this verse means that Job is asking his friend if he has really helped someone who is weak or saved someone who has no strength. It's like asking if you have really done anything good for someone who can't do things on their own.

Job 26:2: How hast thou helped [him that is] without power? [how] savest thou the arm [that hath] no strength?

Contradiction with Proverbs 11:25

While Job 26:2 questions the effectiveness of helping the powerless, Proverbs 11:25 encourages a generous person, suggesting that helping others is indeed impactful and rewarding.

Proverbs 11:25: The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. [liberal...: Heb. soul of blessing]

Contradiction with Galatians 6:9

Job 26:2 implies futility in aiding the weak, but Galatians 6:9 advises believers not to become weary in doing good, suggesting that such efforts are ultimately worthwhile.

Galatians 6:9: And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Contradiction with Matthew 25:40

Job 26:2 questions the power of offering assistance, whereas Matthew 25:40 emphasizes that helping the least is like helping Christ himself, indicating divine acknowledgment and impact.

Matthew 25:40: And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.

Contradiction with James 2:14-17

Job 26:2 reflects a sense of helplessness in supporting others, while James 2:14-17 underscores the importance of deeds, suggesting that faith without action, such as helping those in need, is dead.

James 2:14-17: What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

Contradiction with Isaiah 58:10

Job 26:2 conveys the inadequacy of helping the powerless, but Isaiah 58:10 assures that offering oneself to the hungry and oppressed leads to light and guidance, contrasting with a feeling of ineffectiveness.

Isaiah 58:10: And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday:
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