Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 29:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 29:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 29:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, Job feels proud and strong, as if he has new energy and power like a shiny, new bow. He remembers a time when he felt fresh and full of life.

Job 29:20: My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. [fresh: Heb. new] [renewed: Heb. changed]

Contradiction with Job 14:2

Describes life as fleeting and vanishing like a shadow, contrasting with the renewal and ever-increasing aspect of strength in Job 29:20.

Job 14:2: He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:14

Speaks of all works under the sun as vanity and grasping for the wind, which contrasts with the enduring and increasing nature of Job's honor and strength in Job 29:20.

Ecclesiastes 1:14: I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:30

States that even young men will utterly fall, which contradicts the continual renewal and strength described in Job 29:20.

Isaiah 40:30: Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

Contradiction with James 4:14

Describes life as a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away, conflicting with the notion of Job's honor being ever new and his bow constantly renewed in strength in Job 29:20.

James 4:14: Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. [It...: or, For it is]
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