Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 8:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 8:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 8:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Bildad in the book of Job, God will make you happy again and fill your mouth with laughter and joy. Even if you are sad now, God can bring back smiles and cheer to your face.

Job 8:21: Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. [rejoicing: Heb. shouting for joy]

Contradiction with Proverbs 14:13

This verse suggests that even in moments of laughter the heart can still be sorrowful, contradicting the idea of having only joy and gladness.

Proverbs 14:13: Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 2:2

This verse implies that laughter is madness, which contradicts the notion of having a mouth filled with laughter as something positive.

Ecclesiastes 2:2: I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:3

This verse suggests that sorrow is better than laughter, contradicting the idea that laughter and gladness are superior or desired states.

Ecclesiastes 7:3: Sorrow [is] better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. [Sorrow: or, Anger]

Contradiction with James 4:9

This verse calls for turning laughter into mourning and joy into heaviness, which contradicts the concept of having a consistently joyful and laughter-filled life.

James 4:9: Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
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