Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 5:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 5:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 5:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, God helps people who don't have much by keeping them safe from danger and bad people. He protects them like a superhero.

Job 5:15: But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Contradiction with Proverbs 16:4

While Job 5:15 suggests God saves the poor from harm, Proverbs 16:4 indicates that the Lord has made all things, even the wicked for the day of evil, suggesting that harm can be part of God's plan.

Proverbs 16:4: The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Contradiction with Isaiah 45:7

Contradicts by stating that God creates both peace and evil, implying that God allows harm to occur, unlike the protective portrayal in Job 5:15.

Isaiah 45:7: I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things].

Contradiction with Lamentations 3:38

Suggests that both good and evil proceed from God's will, contrasting with the idea of divine protection in Job 5:15.

Lamentations 3:38: Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:14

Advises that in prosperity and adversity, God has made one as well as the other, indicating that God allows both good and harm, which juxtaposes the protective sense of Job 5:15.

Ecclesiastes 7:14: In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. [set: Heb. made]
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