Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 2:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 2:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 2:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the book of Job, Job's friends saw him from far away and were so shocked at how sad he looked that they cried loudly, tore their clothes, and put dust on their heads to show they were very sad too. They did this because they cared about Job and wanted to share in his sadness.

Job 2:12: And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

Contradiction with Proverbs 14:13

This verse suggests that even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, while Job 2:12 describes Job's friends expressing their grief openly and audibly.

Proverbs 14:13: Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:2

This verse states that it is better to go to the house of mourning, which may imply embracing visible grief rather than hiding it, similar to the actions in Job 2:12, thus not directly contradicting but offering a contradictory view on the preferable conduct regarding sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 7:2: [It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.
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