Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 29:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 29:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 29:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Job, Job is remembering a time when he felt safe and cared for by God. He wishes he could go back to those good days when everything was better.

Job 29:2: Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;

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.
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