Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 6:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 6:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 6:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, people went to get help and were sad and confused because things did not go the way they hoped. They felt ashamed because they didn't get what they wanted.

Job 6:20: They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

Contradiction with Proverbs 13:12

While Job 6:20 speaks of disappointment, Proverbs 13:12 suggests that hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life, implying that fulfillment can follow disappointment.

Proverbs 13:12: Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 29:11

Contradicts Job 6:20 by promising that God has plans for prosperity and hope, whereas Job experiences despair.

Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. [expected...: Heb. end and expectation]

Contradiction with Romans 5:5

States that hope does not disappoint because God's love is poured out, contrasting Job's expressed disappointment and hopelessness.

Romans 5:5: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

Contradiction with Psalm 37:4

Encourages delight in the Lord who gives desires of the heart, opposite to Job's unmet expectations and disappointments.

Psalm 37:4: Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
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