Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 30:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 30:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 30:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to many Christians, Job is saying that the strength of these people doesn't help him because they are weak and have lost their vigor. He feels that they are not useful to him in his time of need.

Job 30:2: Yea, whereto [might] the strength of their hands [profit] me, in whom old age was perished?

Contradiction with Proverbs 20:29

Job 30:2 speaks of the lack of usefulness of the strength of youth, whereas Proverbs 20:29 states that the glory of young men is their strength.

Proverbs 20:29: The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 12:1

Job 30:2 portrays a lack of vigor in the elderly, whereas Ecclesiastes 12:1 encourages remembering the creator in youth before the days of trouble come, implying the value of strength in youth.

Ecclesiastes 12:1: Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Contradiction with 1 John 2:14

Job 30:2 emphasizes the weakness in old age, while 1 John 2:14 acknowledges the strength of young men.

1 John 2:14: I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

Contradiction with Proverbs 31:17

Job 30:2 discusses weakness, whereas Proverbs 31:17 talks about girding oneself with strength.

Proverbs 31:17: She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:30-31

Job 30:2 indicates frailty, while Isaiah 40:30-31 speaks of renewing strength and not growing weary.

Isaiah 40:30-31: Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
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