Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 3:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 3:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 3:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the understanding of many Christians, Job, the person speaking in this book, is very sad and wishes he had never been born so he wouldn't feel all his pain. He is saying he wishes he could have stayed inside his mom, where he wouldn't have had to face all the hard things in life.

Job 3:10: Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother's] womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

Contradiction with Psalm 139:13-14

These verses speak of the care and wonder with which God creates each person, contrasting Job 3:10's lament over existence.

Psalm 139:13-14: For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 29:11

This verse expresses God's plans for hope and a future, opposing Job 3:10's regret about being born.

Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. [expected...: Heb. end and expectation]

Contradiction with Romans 8:28

This verse suggests that all things work for good, contradicting Job 3:10 where Job laments his birth amid suffering.

Romans 8:28: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:11

This verse states that God makes everything beautiful in its time, which contrasts with Job's despair in Job 3:10.

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 John 10:10

This speaks of Jesus offering abundant life, contrary to Job 3:10's feeling of regret over life itself.

John 10:10: The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.
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