Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 36:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 36:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 36:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, sometimes people might feel trapped and hurt because they have done something wrong. God wants to teach them a lesson, so they can become better and happier.

Job 36:8: And if [they be] bound in fetters, [and] be holden in cords of affliction;

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:12

This verse highlights that God disciplines those He loves as a father does a son, whereas Job 36:8 suggests captivity means God’s discipline explicitly in the context of the wicked.

Proverbs 3:12: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:2

This verse suggests that the same fate happens to all, both righteous and wicked, while Job 36:8 implies specific consequences (captivity) for particular sins.

Ecclesiastes 9:2: All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.

Contradiction with Psalm 73:12

It describes how wicked people prosper and are not punished or bound, in contrast to Job 36:8, which suggests they are bound because of transgressions.

Psalm 73:12: Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

Questions why the wicked prosper, seemingly contradicting Job 36:8 where affliction is seen as a result of their deeds.

Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]

Contradiction with Malachi 3:15

This verse notes the blessed state of evildoers, contradicting the notion in Job 36:8 of binding them due to their transgressions.

Malachi 3:15: And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered. [are set up: Heb. are built]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

Discusses how the righteous receive what the wicked deserve and vice versa, contradicting with the clear-cut justice suggested in Job 36:8.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

Contradiction with Psalm 37:35

Observes the prosperity of the wicked, which opposes the idea in Job 36:8 where punishments such as bonds are strictly applied to them.

Psalm 37:35: I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. [a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil]

Contradiction with Habakkuk 1:13

This verse questions why God allows the treacherous to live without punishment, conflicting with the interpretation of explicit consequences in Job 36:8.

Habakkuk 1:13: [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he? [iniquity: or, grievance]
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