Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 36:27

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 36:27 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 36:27. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to many Christians, Elihu, the speaker in this part of the Book of Job, explains that God takes tiny drops of water and turns them into rain. It shows that God wisely takes care of the world and controls the weather.

Job 36:27: For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 11:3

This verse suggests a natural process of rain falling upon the earth, without divine intervention, contrasting with the implication of divine control in Job 36:27.

Ecclesiastes 11:3: If the clouds be full of rain, they empty [themselves] upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:13

This verse attributes the gathering of vapors and the making of rain to God's direct action, which could seem contradictory as Job 36:27 implies a more systematic process.

Jeremiah 10:13: When he uttereth his voice, [there is] a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. [multitude: or, noise] [with: or, for]

Contradiction with Matthew 5:45

This verse implies that rain falls on the just and the unjust equally, which could contradict a notion of selective divine control suggested in Job 36:27.

Matthew 5:45: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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