Contradiction with Exodus 20:12
This verse promises a long life for honoring parents, suggesting a moral basis for longevity, while Joshua 14:10 attributes Caleb's long life to divine promise rather than individual actions.
Exodus 20:12: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Contradiction with Psalm 90:10
This verse suggests a typical human lifespan is 70 to 80 years, contrasting Caleb's advanced age of 85 described in Joshua 14:10.
Psalm 90:10: The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. [The days...: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years]
Contradiction with Genesis 6:3
States the lifespan of humans should be 120 years, suggesting limits to life that contrast with understanding longevity as specific reward or fulfillment of promise.
Genesis 6:3: And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11
Emphasizes time and chance affecting lifespan rather than divine promise, contrasting with the idea of divine intervention in Joshua 14:10.
Ecclesiastes 9:11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Contradiction with Job 14:5
Suggests a predetermined lifespan by God, emphasizing divine will over human expectation, contrary to Caleb's long life being a result of promise fulfillment.
Job 14:5: Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months [are] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Contradiction with Isaiah 40:31
Associates renewal of strength and endurance with those who hope in the Lord, presenting a more conditional perspective of longevity than Joshua 14:10 which focuses on an unconditional divine promise.
Isaiah 40:31: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint. [renew: Heb. change]