Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jonah 2:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jonah 2:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jonah 2:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the book of Jonah, Jonah was deep under the sea and felt trapped, but God saved him and brought him back to safety. This shows that even when things seem really bad, God can help and rescue us.

Jonah 2:6: I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [was] about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. [bottoms: Heb. cuttings off] [corruption: or, the pit]

Contradiction with Isaiah 38:10

Jonah 2:6 speaks of life being brought up from the pit, while Isaiah 38:10 refers to the deprivation of life by entering "the gates of the grave."

Isaiah 38:10: I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

Contradiction with Job 7:9

Jonah 2:6 describes being brought up from the depths, whereas Job 7:9 asserts that once someone descends to the grave, they shall "come up no more."

Job 7:9: [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:10

Jonah 2:6 celebrates deliverance from death, yet Ecclesiastes 9:10 implies no opportunity for action or change exists in the grave.

Ecclesiastes 9:10: Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
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