Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 5:25

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 5:25 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 5:25. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Job, God promises that you will have many children, and they will be as many as the grass on the ground. This means you will have a big family and be very blessed.

Job 5:25: Thou shalt know also that thy seed [shall be] great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. [great: or, much]

Contradiction with Matthew 10:35-36

These verses suggest family strife as opposed to peace and prosperity in progeny as expressed in Job 5:25.

Matthew 10:35-36: For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 16:2-4

These verses portray the doom and suffering for children, contrasting the blessing of numerous offspring in Job 5:25.

Jeremiah 16:2-4: Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

Contradiction with Luke 12:53

This verse speaks of division within families, contradicting the idea of a blessed and peaceful lineage as suggested in Job 5:25.

Luke 12:53: The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

Contradiction with Micah 7:6

The verse suggests conflicts within familial relationships, which stands in contrast to the favorable depiction of descendants in Job 5:25.

Micah 7:6: For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies [are] the men of his own house.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 9:10

Indicates punishment upon children, contrasting with the prosperity and blessings of many descendants in Job 5:25.

Ezekiel 9:10: And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, [but] I will recompense their way upon their head.
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