Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 32:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 32:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 32:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Job, God gives people a special understanding inside them that helps them know things. This special understanding comes from God's inspiration.

Job 32:8: But [there is] a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

Trusting in the Lord instead of relying on one's own understanding contradicts the concept of personal inspiration mentioned in Job 32:8.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

The description of the heart as deceitful contrasts with the suggestion in Job 32:8 that the spirit in man gives understanding.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:19-20

God's plan to destroy the wisdom of the wise opposes the idea of wisdom coming from man's spirit as seen in Job 32:8.

1 Corinthians 1:19-20: For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

Contradiction with Proverbs 28:26

Trusting in one's own heart is seen as foolish here, conflicting with the notion in Job 32:8 of inner understanding.

Proverbs 28:26: He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

God's ways and thoughts being higher than man's contradicts the implied sufficiency of human understanding in Job 32:8.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
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