Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 36:28

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 36:28 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 36:28. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Elihu, a character in the book of Job, God makes the rain fall from the clouds and gives plenty to everyone. This shows how God takes care of the world by providing water for people and plants.

Job 36:28: Which the clouds do drop [and] distil upon man abundantly.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:7

This verse describes how all rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full, implying a continuous cycle, which could imply a contrast to the idea in Job 36:28 of rain returning without a cycle noted.

Ecclesiastes 1:7: All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea [is] not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. [return...: Heb. return to go]

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:10

This verse talks about the water cycle where rain and snow come down and do not return until they have watered the earth, suggesting a completion and return process, which might seem to contradict the straightforward return of rain in Job.

Isaiah 55:10: For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
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