Contradiction with Matthew 6:34
Contradicts Job 29:2 by advising against longing for the past and instead advises focusing on today's challenges, indicating not to worry about yesterday.
Matthew 6:34: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:10
Contradicts Job 29:2 by advising against asking why the former days were better, which contrasts with Job's longing for past days.
Ecclesiastes 7:10: Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. [wisely: Heb. out of wisdom]
Contradiction with Philippians 3:13
Contradicts Job 29:2 by encouraging forgetting the past and striving forward, opposing the yearning for bygone days.
Philippians 3:13: Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Contradiction with Luke 9:62
Contradicts Job 29:2 by illustrating that looking back is not suitable for progress in God's kingdom, opposing longing for past times.
Luke 9:62: And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Contradiction with Isaiah 43:18
Contradicts Job 29:2 by instructing to forget former things and not dwell on the past, contrary to Job's desire for previous days.
Isaiah 43:18: Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.