Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 3:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 3:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 3:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, in this part of the Bible, it explains that in the place where everyone goes after they die, everyone is the same, whether they were important or not, and nobody has to work for anyone else anymore. It's a way of saying that all people are equal there.

Job 3:19: The small and great are there; and the servant [is] free from his master.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

This verse states that the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing, contradicting the idea that the dead are in a state of equality with the living, as expressed in Job 3:19.

Ecclesiastes 9:5: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Contradiction with Matthew 20:16

This verse mentions how the last will be first, and the first last, suggesting a reversal of status, contrasting the concept of equality stated in Job 3:19.

Matthew 20:16: So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

Contradiction with Luke 16:25

This verse highlights a distinction between comfort and torment after death, contradicting the equality in death presented in Job 3:19.

Luke 16:25: But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

Contradiction with Revelation 20:12

This verse describes a judgment according to works after death, which implies distinctions and inequalities, contradicting the leveling effect of death suggested in Job 3:19.

Revelation 20:12: And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
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