Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 38:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 38:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 38:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the book of Job, God is asking Job if he understands how big the Earth is. It's like God is telling Job that only He knows everything because He made the world.

Job 38:18: Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

Contradiction with Proverbs 25:2

This verse implies that some of God's knowledge and creations are meant to be concealed, contradicting the idea of knowing the earth's expanse mentioned in Job 38:18.

Proverbs 25:2: [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 29:29

Declares that some things are known only to God, which can be seen as contradicting the human understanding of the earth's breadth mentioned in Job 38:18.

Deuteronomy 29:29: The secret [things belong] unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed [belong] unto us and to our children for ever, that [we] may do all the words of this law.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:11

States that humans cannot fully comprehend God's works from beginning to end, opposing the idea that one can know the earth's expanse as implied in Job 38:18.

Ecclesiastes 3:11: He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

Highlights that God's ways and thoughts are higher than human understanding, contradicting the possibility of fully knowing the earth's breadth as suggested in Job 38:18.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Romans 11:33

Emphasizes the depth of God's wisdom and knowledge, which is beyond human understanding, contradicting the assertion in Job 38:18 about comprehending the earth's extent.

Romans 11:33: O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
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