Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 32:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 32:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 32:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, this verse means that speaking up can make you feel better, and sometimes it's good to share your thoughts or answers with others. It shows how important it is to express yourself when you need to.

Job 32:20: I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. [be...: Heb. breathe]

Contradiction with Proverbs 17:27

Contradicts Job 32:20 by suggesting that a person with knowledge is of a cool spirit and does not need to speak much.

Proverbs 17:27: He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. [an...: or, a cool]

Contradiction with James 1:19

Advises to be slow to speak, which contradicts the urgency to speak found in Job 32:20.

James 1:19: Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:7

Suggests there is a time to keep silence, contradicting the desire to speak in Job 32:20.

Ecclesiastes 3:7: A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Contradiction with Proverbs 10:19

Warns that in the multitude of words there wanteth not sin, contrasting with the expression to speak freely in Job 32:20.

Proverbs 10:19: In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.
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