Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 49:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 49:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 49:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Psalms, God will save me from dying and take me to be with Him. This means I don’t have to be afraid because God will care for me forever.

Psalms 49:15: But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. [power: Heb. hand] [the grave: or, hell]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

This verse suggests that the dead know nothing, contradicting the idea of redemption from the grave in Psalms 49:15.

Ecclesiastes 9:5: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Contradiction with Job 7:9-10

These verses imply that those who go to the grave do not return, contradicting the promise of God redeeming one from the grave.

Job 7:9-10: [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].

Contradiction with Isaiah 38:18

This verse states that the grave cannot praise God, seemingly contradictory to being redeemed from death.

Isaiah 38:18: For the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

Contradiction with Psalm 6:5

This verse suggests that in death there is no remembrance of God, which contradicts the notion of redemption from the grave.

Psalm 6:5: For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 15:32

This verse reflects on a philosophy of "eat and drink, for tomorrow we die," contradicting the hope of redemption from death expressed in Psalms 49:15.

1 Corinthians 15:32: If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. [after...: or, to speak after the manner of men]
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