Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 9:26

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 9:26 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 9:26. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Job, life goes by very fast, like a ship that quickly sails away or an eagle that zooms after its food. It's a reminder that time moves quickly and we should make good choices.

Job 9:26: They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey. [swift...: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire]

Contradiction with James 4:14

While Job 9:26 describes life passing quickly like a swift ship, James 4:14 describes life as a vapor, appearing for a short time and vanishing away, which aligns in imagery rather than contradicts.

James 4:14: Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. [It...: or, For it is]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:2

Job 9:26 speaks of life's swiftness, while Ecclesiastes 9:2 suggests a certain fate for all, regardless of life's speed, seemingly emphasizing inevitability rather than swiftness.

Ecclesiastes 9:2: All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.

Contradiction with Psalm 103:15-16

These verses align more with the metaphor of fleeting life, highlighting human frailty and transient existence, rather than contradicting Job 9:26.

Psalm 103:15-16: [As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
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