Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 33:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 33:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 33:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, this verse talks about a person who is very sick and has lost so much weight that you can see their bones clearly. It shows how the person is suffering and feels very weak.

Job 33:21: His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones [that] were not seen stick out.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:7

This verse emphasizes that the Lord looks at the heart rather than outward appearance, contrasting with Job 33:21, which discusses physical deterioration.

1 Samuel 16:7: But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. [outward...: Heb. eyes]

Contradiction with Proverbs 31:30

This verse highlights the value of inner beauty and a woman who fears the Lord, which contradicts the focus on physical decline in Job 33:21.

Proverbs 31:30: Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:31

This verse speaks of renewed strength and vitality for those who trust in the Lord, contradicting the idea of wasting away as mentioned in Job 33:21.

Isaiah 40:31: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint. [renew: Heb. change]

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 4:16

This verse states that while outwardly we waste away, inwardly we are being renewed day by day, contradicting the sole focus on physical deterioration in Job 33:21.

2 Corinthians 4:16: For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.

Contradiction with 1 Peter 3:3-4

This verse emphasizes inner beauty and a gentle spirit rather than external appearance, contradicting the physical focus in Job 33:21.

1 Peter 3:3-4: Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
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