Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 8:8

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

According to the author of the Book of Job, this verse means that we should learn from people who lived long ago and listen to what our grandparents and great-grandparents have to say. They can teach us important things because they have lots of experience and wisdom.

Job 8:8: For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:19

This verse emphasizes that God will destroy the wisdom of the wise and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent, whereas Job 8:8 encourages learning from the wisdom of the past.

1 Corinthians 1:19: For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18

This verse suggests that increased knowledge brings sorrow, which contradicts Job 8:8's encouragement to seek knowledge from past generations.

Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:9

This verse states that God's ways and thoughts are higher than human ways and thoughts, implying that human wisdom gained from the past is limited and potentially flawed.

Isaiah 55:9: For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Contradiction with Matthew 11:25

This verse indicates that God has hidden things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to infants, contradicting Job 8:8's notion that wisdom can be acquired from past generations.

Matthew 11:25: At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
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