Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 31:35

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 31:35 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 31:35. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the unknown author of the book of Job, Job wishes someone would listen to him and hopes God will answer him. He wants his enemy to explain their actions in writing.

Job 31:35: Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book. [my...: or, my sign is that the Almighty will]

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:9

This verse emphasizes God's ways and thoughts being higher than human ways, which contradicts Job's desire for God to answer him like a human court would.

Isaiah 55:9: For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Contradiction with Romans 11:33

This passage speaks to the unsearchable judgments and incomprehensible ways of God, opposing Job's expectation of understanding God's reasoning.

Romans 11:33: O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 2:16

This verse suggests that no one can know the mind of the Lord, contrasting with Job's hope for a hearing from God.

1 Corinthians 2:16: For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. [may: Gr. shall]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:17

This reference indicates that human beings cannot fully understand God's deeds, challenging Job’s notion of having a debate with God.

Ecclesiastes 8:17: Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:28

This verse highlights that God's understanding is beyond human reach, which stands in contrast to Job's wish for an explanation from God.

Isaiah 40:28: Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding.
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