Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 7:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 7:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 7:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to many Christian interpretations, the author of the book, Job, is saying that he feels like his life is going by very quickly and it makes him feel sad and without hope. Christians might believe Job is showing that sometimes people feel upset, but trusting God can bring comfort and hope.

Job 7:6: My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

Contradiction with Psalm 31:15

While Job 7:6 speaks of days swifter than a weaver's shuttle, indicating a sense of despair and brevity, Psalm 31:15 expresses trust in God's timing, implying control over life's pace.

Psalm 31:15: My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:8

Contrasts human perception of time as fleeting in Job 7:6 by emphasizing God's eternal perspective, where a day is like a thousand years.

2 Peter 3:8: But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:1

Opposes the idea of Job 7:6’s fleetingness with a notion that there is a set time and purpose for everything under the heavens.

Ecclesiastes 3:1: To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Contradiction with Psalm 90:4

Provides a divine perspective of time, suggesting God's perception is vastly different, counter to the immediacy of Job 7:6.

Psalm 90:4: For a thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night. [when...: or, when he hath passed them]

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:31

Contradicts the hopelessness in Job 7:6 by promising renewed strength and endurance to those who wait upon the Lord.

Isaiah 40:31: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint. [renew: Heb. change]
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