Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 31:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 31:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 31:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to many Christians, Job is saying that he tried to be kind to those without parents and didn't hurt them, especially when he had the power to help. This shows Job's desire to be a good and fair person to everyone.

Job 31:21: If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

Contradiction with Exodus 22:22

This verse states that you should not afflict any widow or fatherless child, implying protective behavior in contrast to Job's hypothetical admission of mistreatment.

Exodus 22:22: Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

Contradiction with James 1:27

This verse encourages keeping oneself unstained from the world while caring for orphans, thus contradicting any act of harm or injustice that Job defends himself against.

James 1:27: Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:17

This verse instructs to seek justice and defend the oppressed, contrasting the scenario Job presents where he might have caused harm.

Isaiah 1:17: Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. [relieve: or, righten]

Contradiction with Zechariah 7:10

This verse commands not to oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, conflicting with the behavior Job denies engaging in.

Zechariah 7:10: And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 24:17

This verse forbids perverting the justice due to the sojourner or the fatherless, opposite to the wrongful acts Job negates in his speech.

Deuteronomy 24:17: Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
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