Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 9:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 9:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 9:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, God is so powerful that even proud and strong people must bow down to Him when He's angry. It teaches that no one is more powerful than God.

Job 9:13: [If] God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. [proud...: Heb. helpers of pride, or, strength]

Contradiction with Psalm 78:38

Job 9:13 speaks of God's unyielding anger, while this verse highlights His compassion and willingness to forgive instead of destroying.

Psalm 78:38: But he, [being] full of compassion, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:7

This verse suggests that God will abundantly pardon the wicked who turn to Him, contrasting with the notion in Job 9:13 of God's relentless drive against His opponents.

Isaiah 55:7: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. [the unrighteous...: Heb. the man of iniquity] [abundantly...: Heb. multiply to pardon]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:23

This verse indicates that God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked and desires their repentance, contradicting the sense of inevitable destruction conveyed in Job 9:13.

Ezekiel 18:23: Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: [and] not that he should return from his ways, and live?

Contradiction with Jonah 4:2

Here, God's gracious and merciful nature is emphasized, which contrasts with the more severe and unyielding depiction of God in Job 9:13.

Jonah 4:2: And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Contradiction with Micah 7:18

This verse highlights God's delight in mercy and forgiveness, which stands in contradiction to the implied irreversibility of God's anger in Job 9:13.

Micah 7:18: Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.
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