Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 9:29

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 9:29 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 9:29. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, if I am bad, why should I try so hard for nothing? It seems unfair to work hard if I'm already seen as bad.

Job 9:29: [If] I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

Contradiction with Psalm 9:8

Job declares that he will be condemned, but this verse states that God shall judge the world in righteousness.

Psalm 9:8: And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

Contradiction with Isaiah 42:3

This verse implies God’s gentle justice, whereas Job feels inevitable condemnation.

Isaiah 42:3: A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. [smoking: or, dimly burning] [quench: Heb. quench it]

Contradiction with Romans 8:1

Job 9:29 speaks of condemnation, but this verse assures no condemnation for those in Christ.

Romans 8:1: [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Contradiction with John 3:17

Unlike Job’s perspective of being condemned, this verse emphasizes that Jesus came not to condemn the world.

John 3:17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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