Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 33:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 33:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 33:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, God wants to help people turn away from doing bad things and stop them from being too proud. God does this because He loves them and wants them to be better.

Job 33:17: That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, and hide pride from man. [purpose: Heb. work]

Contradiction with Proverbs 19:21

While Job 33:17 suggests God's intervention to steer man away from pride, Proverbs 19:21 states that regardless of many plans in a man's heart, it is the Lord's purpose that prevails, implying a less direct intervention.

Proverbs 19:21: [There are] many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11

Job 33:17 speaks to God's purpose in preventing prideful paths, whereas Ecclesiastes 9:11 suggests that time and chance happen to all, rather than direct divine intervention for each individual.

Ecclesiastes 9:11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Contradiction with James 1:13-14

Job 33:17 talks about God’s role in turning someone from wrongdoing, whereas James 1:13-14 indicates that God does not tempt anyone but that each person is tempted by their own desire.

James 1:13-14: Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: [evil: or, evils]
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