Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 33:33

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

According to the author of the book of Job, this verse is about someone telling Job to be quiet and listen carefully so they can explain how to be wise and make good choices. It's like when a teacher asks you to listen so they can help you learn something important.

Job 33:33: If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

Contradiction with Proverbs 1:5

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; Job 33:33 suggests the speaker has no more to learn, unlike Proverbs which encourages continuous learning.

Proverbs 1:5: A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in thine own eyes; Job 33:33 implies self-assured completeness of wisdom, whereas Proverbs advises against considering oneself wise without ongoing input.

Proverbs 3:7: Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 8:2

And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know; This verse contradicts the confidence shown in Job 33:33 by highlighting the limit of one's knowledge.

1 Corinthians 8:2: And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
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