Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 38:40

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 38:40 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 38:40. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, God is asking Job if he knows how animals rest in their dens and wait for food. This shows that God is very wise and takes care of all creatures.

Job 38:40: When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Contradiction with Psalm 34:10

This verse suggests that those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing, implying provision rather than scarcity as indicated in Job 38:40.

Psalm 34:10: The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].

Contradiction with Matthew 6:26

This verse explains how birds do not need to store food because God provides for them, whereas Job 38:40 portrays animals as hungry.

Matthew 6:26: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Contradiction with Luke 12:24

Similar to Matthew 6:26, it emphasizes God's provision for ravens, contrasting with the lions in need mentioned in Job 38:40.

Luke 12:24: Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
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