Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 38:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 38:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 38:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Job, God is asking Job if he has ever been to the places where people go after they die. This shows that God knows everything, while people like Job do not know all the mysteries of life and death.

Job 38:17: Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Contradiction with Isaiah 38:18

This verse states that the grave cannot praise God, which contrasts with Job 38:17 that presents death and the grave as within God's domain, suggesting a different perspective on their power and role.

Isaiah 38:18: For the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:10

It mentions there is no work, device, knowledge, or wisdom in the grave, which contrasts the implication in Job 38:17 that there is a realm and understanding beyond life.

Ecclesiastes 9:10: Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Contradiction with Psalm 6:5

This verse states there is no remembrance of God in death, diverging from the implication of authority and interaction with the gates of death in Job 38:17.

Psalm 6:5: For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

Contradiction with Job 14:21

It suggests that those in the grave are unaware of their family's fate, whereas Job 38:17 implies a comprehensive understanding of the realms of death.

Job 14:21: His sons come to honour, and he knoweth [it] not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them.

Contradiction with Psalm 115:17

It states that the dead do not praise the Lord, opposing the idea in Job 38:17 that implies an awareness or activity at the gates of death.

Psalm 115:17: The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

Contradiction with Isaiah 26:14

It suggests the dead will not live or rise again, contrasting with Job 38:17 where there is an implication of access and opening to the dead.

Isaiah 26:14: [They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
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