Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 29:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 29:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 29:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, Job is remembering the time when he felt close to God and was happy and strong. He misses how everything was safe and good when he was younger.

Job 29:4: As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:10

This verse advises not to long for the past, contrasting with Job's reminiscing about former prosperity.

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 Luke 9:62

This verse speaks against looking back once committed to a path, contradicting Job's reflection on his earlier prosperity.

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 Philippians 3:13

Advises to forget what is behind and strain toward what is ahead, which contrasts Job's looking back at his past.

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 Isaiah 43:18

Encourages not to remember former things, contrasting Job's reminiscence of his prior state in Job 29:4.

Isaiah 43:18: Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
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