Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 35:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 35:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 35:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Elihu, God teaches people more than animals and makes them wiser than birds. This means that God gives humans special understanding and knowledge.

Job 35:11: Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

Contradiction with Genesis 1:26

This verse states that God gave humans dominion over animals, suggesting a difference in roles rather than comparison in wisdom.

Genesis 1:26: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Contradiction with Psalm 8:5-8

Man is described as being made a little lower than the angels and given dominion over creatures, implying a special status above animals.

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

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:19-21

This passage equates men and beasts in terms of mortality, undermining the unique wisdom suggested for humans in Job 35:11.

Ecclesiastes 3:19-21: For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:22

Describes God looking upon humans as grasshoppers, suggesting a significant distance in understanding and wisdom.

Isaiah 40:22: [It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: [It is...: or, Him that]

Contradiction with Romans 11:33

Highlights the depth of God's wisdom as unsearchable, implying human wisdom is not comparable to divine wisdom.

Romans 11:33: O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
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