Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 4:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 4:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 4:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, a mysterious shape appeared, but it was hard to tell what it was. It was quiet, and then a voice spoke out of the silence.

Job 4:16: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image [was] before mine eyes, [there was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying], [there...: or, I heard a still voice]

Contradiction with John 1:18

This verse contradicts Job 4:16 by stating that no man has seen God at any time, while Job claims to perceive a form.

John 1:18: No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 6:16

This verse contradicts Job 4:16 by declaring that God dwells in unapproachable light and no man has seen or can see him, implying Job could not have seen a form.

1 Timothy 6:16: Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honour and power everlasting. Amen.

Contradiction with 1 John 4:12

This verse contradicts Job 4:16 as it reiterates that no man has seen God, questioning the validity of Job's experience.

1 John 4:12: No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
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