Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 41:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 41:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 41:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Christians, the author of the book of Job is unknown. They understand this verse as God telling Job that powerful creatures like the leviathan are too mighty for humans to control, showing that God's power is much greater.

Job 41:1: Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down? [leviathan: probably an extinct animal of some kind] [which...: Heb. which thou drownest?]

Contradiction with Genesis 1:26-28

While Job 41:1 emphasizes human inability to control Leviathan, Genesis 1:26-28 suggests humans have dominion over all creatures.

Genesis 1:26-28: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Contradiction with Psalm 8:6-8

Psalm 8:6-8 speaks of humanity's dominion over the works of God's hands, including animals, which contrasts with the inability to control Leviathan as stated in Job 41:1.

Psalm 8:6-8: Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet:

Contradiction with Isaiah 27:1

Job 41:1 portrays Leviathan as untamable by humans, whereas Isaiah 27:1 depicts God slaying Leviathan, implying divine rather than human control.

Isaiah 27:1: In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that [is] in the sea. [piercing: or, crossing like a bar]
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