Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 31:40

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 31:40 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 31:40. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, Job is saying that if he has done anything wrong, then bad things should grow on his land instead of good things. He is showing that he believes he has been good and honest.

Job 31:40: Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. [cockle: or, noisome weeds]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

This verse mentions righteous men who receive what the wicked deserve, contrasting Job's claim of his innocence and just deserts.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:33

States that the curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked, suggesting that misfortune comes from wickedness, which contradicts Job's assertions of innocence despite his suffering.

Proverbs 3:33: The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3

Asaph describes how the wicked often prosper, contradicting Job's suggestion that his suffering must be due to some deserved punishment.

Psalm 73:3: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

The question of why the wicked prosper contrasts with Job's situation of suffering despite his claims of righteousness.

Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]

Contradiction with Malachi 3:15

Declares that now the proud are happy and the wicked are set up, clashing with Job 31:40 where Job assumes punishment for wrongdoing.

Malachi 3:15: And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered. [are set up: Heb. are built]
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