Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 38:34

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 38:34 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 38:34. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Job, this verse means that only God has the power to make it rain by speaking to the clouds. It helps people understand that humans are not as powerful as God.

Job 38:34: Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 12:18

This verse describes Samuel calling upon the Lord, who sends thunder and rain, which contrasts with God questioning Job’s ability to command the heavens in Job 38:34.

1 Samuel 12:18: So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

Contradiction with James 5:17-18

Elijah prays earnestly for it to rain, and it does, illustrating human invocation of weather, in contrast to God questioning Job’s ability to do the same in Job 38:34.

James 5:17-18: Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. [subject...: of the same nature, that is, a fellow mortal] [earnestly: or, in his prayer]

Contradiction with 1 Kings 18:41-45

Elijah predicts and initiates rain through prayer, a human act that seems to contradict God’s rhetorical question to Job about summoning rain.

1 Kings 18:41-45: And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for [there is] a sound of abundance of rain. [a sound...: or, a sound of a noise of rain]

Contradiction with Joshua 10:12-14

Joshua commands the sun and moon to stand still with God’s support, implying human influence over natural phenomena, unlike the implication in Job 38:34 that only God can control such events.

Joshua 10:12-14: Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. [stand...: Heb. be silent]
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