Contradictions and Paradoxes in Judges 6:6

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

According to the author of the book of Judges, the Israelites were very poor and sad because the Midianites kept taking their things, so they asked God for help. They hoped that God would listen and make things better for them.

Judges 6:6: And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 28:1

This verse promises blessings and prosperity for obedience, contrasting the impoverishment in Judges 6:6.

Deuteronomy 28:1: And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 28:13

This describes Israel as the head and not the tail, in contradiction to their downtrodden state in Judges 6:6.

Deuteronomy 28:13: And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them]:

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:19

Promises blessing if obedient, which contrasts Israel's dire state in Judges 6:6 despite crying out to God.

Isaiah 1:19: If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Contradiction with Proverbs 10:22

Speaks of the Lord's blessing bringing wealth without sorrow, opposing the impoverished state in Judges 6:6.

Proverbs 10:22: The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Contradiction with Psalm 37:25

States the righteous will not be forsaken or their seed begging bread, which contradicts the impoverished state implied in Judges 6:6.

Psalm 37:25: I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
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