Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jonah 1:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jonah 1:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jonah 1:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Jonah, the sailors tried really hard to row their boat back to land, but they couldn't because the sea was getting angrier and rougher. This means that sometimes no matter how hard we try, we need to trust and listen to God when things are tough.

Jonah 1:13: Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring [it] to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. [rowed: Heb. digged] [wrought...: or, grew more and more tempestuous: Heb. went]

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5-6

Trusting in one's own understanding contrasts with relying on God's will and guidance, unlike the sailors in Jonah 1:13.

Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Mark 4:41

Demonstrates Jesus’s ability to calm the sea, unlike Jonah 1:13, where humans failed on their own efforts.

Mark 4:41:

Contradiction with Psalm 107:29

God calms the storm, contrasting the sailors' futile efforts to reach the land in Jonah 1:13.

Psalm 107:29: He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

Contradiction with Exodus 14:14

The Lord will fight for you, unlike Jonah 1:13, where the sailors strive by themselves.

Exodus 14:14: The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:14

Contrasts human effort with God's eternal work, as in Jonah 1:13 sailors can’t change their fate through their own actions.

Ecclesiastes 3:14: I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.
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