Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 31:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 31:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 31:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Job, Job is saying he has always taken care of people in need, like an adult looking after children. Even when he was young, he treated widows kindly, like they were part of his family.

Job 31:18: (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) [her: that is, the widow]

Contradiction with Proverbs 17:5

He that mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 17:5: Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. [unpunished: Heb. held innocent]

Contradiction with Psalm 10:2

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Psalm 10:2: The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. [The wicked...: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:12

Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination.

Ezekiel 18:12: Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

Contradiction with James 2:6

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

James 2:6: But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
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