Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 9:31

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 9:31 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 9:31. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Job, Job feels very sad and dirty, as if he has been thrown into a muddy hole, even his own clothes seem to dislike him. This shows how upset and alone he feels because of his problems.

Job 9:31: Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. [abhor...: or, make me to be abhorred]

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:18

Job 9:31 speaks of being plunged into filth despite efforts to cleanse oneself, while Isaiah 1:18 promises that sins, though scarlet, will be made white as snow through God's intervention.

Isaiah 1:18: Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Contradiction with Psalm 51:7

Job 9:31 suggests self-effort to cleanse leads to filth, whereas Psalm 51:7 speaks of God cleansing with hyssop and washing, resulting in purity and whiteness.

Psalm 51:7: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Contradiction with 1 John 1:9

Job 9:31 describes a sense of inevitable defilement, in contrast to 1 John 1:9 which assures that if we confess our sins, God is faithful to forgive and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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