Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 33:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 33:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 33:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, this verse means that God is much bigger and wiser than people, so we should trust Him even when things seem unfair. God knows more than we do, and sometimes we make mistakes in understanding what's right or just.

Job 33:12: Behold, [in] this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:27

Job 33:12 states that man is not righteous, but Genesis 1:27 emphasizes that man is made in the image of God.

Genesis 1:27: So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Contradiction with Psalm 8:5

Job 33:12 highlights man's inferiority to God, while Psalm 8:5 states that man is crowned with glory and honor, suggesting a higher status.

Psalm 8:5: For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

Contrasts with the notion in Job 33:12 about man's lack of righteousness by emphasizing that all human righteousness is like filthy rags.

Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

While Job 33:12 questions human righteousness, Romans 3:23 declares that all have sinned, reinforcing the lack of righteousness.

Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Contradiction with Romans 8:17

Job 33:12 claims man is not just before God, whereas Romans 8:17 states believers are children and heirs with Christ, suggesting a privileged standing.

Romans 8:17: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together.

Contradiction with 1 John 3:1

Job 33:12 implies man's inferior status before God, yet 1 John 3:1 reflects on the love of God in calling humans His children, suggesting a closer relationship.

1 John 3:1: Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Paradox #1

Job 33:12 discusses the idea that God is greater than any human. A potential contradiction could arise if one considers situations where human suffering is justified by saying it's part of a divine plan. It may conflict with the idea of a compassionate and just deity versus the reality of human pain and injustice that seems to go unaddressed or unexplained.

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