Contradiction with Job 3:11
Job laments his birth, showing despair, while Job 38:1 presents God speaking to Job amidst his suffering.
Job 3:11: Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Contradiction with Job 13:3
Job states his desire to reason with God, implying he wants an audience, yet Job 38:1 depicts God speaking without Job's initiation.
Job 13:3: Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Contradiction with Job 23:3-5
Job expresses a wish to find God and present his case, yet in Job 38:1, God comes to Job unbidden.
Job 23:3-5: Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!
Contradiction with Job 30:20
Job says God does not answer him, whereas Job 38:1 shows God responding to Job.
Job 30:20: I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].
Contradiction with Job 31:35
Job longs for God to answer him, contrasting Job 38:1 where God interrupts with speech.
Job 31:35: Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book. [my...: or, my sign is that the Almighty will]