Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 3:3

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

According to the author of the book of Job, Job was feeling very sad and wished he had never been born because he was having a really hard time. It shows that sometimes people feel really upset and need help and comfort.

Job 3:3: Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived.

Contradiction with Psalm 139:13-14

This verse speaks of being fearfully and wonderfully made, contradicting Job 3:3 where Job curses the day of his birth.

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

Contradiction with Jeremiah 1:5

Here, God declares knowing and consecrating Jeremiah before his birth, opposing Job's lament over being born.

Jeremiah 1:5: Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. [ordained: Heb. gave]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:4

This verse suggests that being alive is desirable, contrasting with Job's wish to have never been born.

Ecclesiastes 9:4: For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:31

Expresses that God's creation is very good, conflicting with Job cursing his birth.

Genesis 1:31: And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. [And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.]

Contradiction with Job 42:12-13

Indicates the later blessings of Job's life, which contradicts his earlier curse on his day of birth.

Job 42:12-13: So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

Contradiction with Proverbs 18:22

Presents finding a spouse as a positive aspect of life, which opposes Job's despair at being born.

Proverbs 18:22: [Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

Contradiction with John 10:10

Jesus speaks of bringing life abundantly, which counters Job's expression of regret for being born.

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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