Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 8:24

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 8:24 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 8:24. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Proverbs, this verse means that wisdom was there even before the world had deep oceans and flowing springs. It's like saying wisdom is really, really old and important!

Proverbs 8:24: When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when [there were] no fountains abounding with water.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:9-10

Genesis describes the creation of dry land from water, implying that Earth was formed differently than being brought forth without water.

Genesis 1:9-10: And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 4:23-24

Describes the Earth remaining desolate and void, contradicting the existence and establishment of the depths in Proverbs 8:24.

Jeremiah 4:23-24: I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.

Contradiction with Job 26:7

States that God hangs the Earth upon nothing, contrasting with the imagery of being brought forth from the depths.

Job 26:7: He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Contradiction with Psalm 136:6

States the Earth is spread upon the waters, unlike the formation described prior to the existence of depths in Proverbs 8:24.

Psalm 136:6: To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
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